Main Idea
This is what the story is all about.
What is the main idea.
You look for these when sequencing a story.
What are Transition Words?
This term describes the smaller ideas that support the main idea.
What is details.
This skill involves telling the important parts of a text, leaving out minor details.
What is summarizing.
Nonfiction books are written to inform you about these.
What are facts.
To find the main idea, you should first do this with the text.
What is Read it!
In fairy tales, the sequence begins with "Once upon a time" and often ends with this phrase.
What is "happily ever after"?
The main idea in nonfiction is usually followed by these, providing more information.
What are details.
Should you use the authors words when summarizing?
What is Nooooooooooooo! Use your own words!
A story that is about real things, events, and people.
What is non-fiction?
You often find the main idea written here in nonfiction texts.
What is the first sentence or paragraph.
These are some transition words.
First, second, next, before, finally, soon, then, later, after that
These are facts, examples, or descriptions that explain the main idea.
Before writing a summary, it's helpful to do this to a paragraph to better understand it.
What is read?
A writing that uses feelings and has a certain style.
What is Poetry?
Finding the main idea helps you understand this about a passage.
What is the overall message or point.
To find evidence in the transition words and pictures.
How do you sequence events?
The main idea and the supporting details should always ....
What is match?
When you find the main idea and support it with details, you create this short overview of a text.
What is a summary?
This is the genre of Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
What is fiction?
Authors typically include these parts to help support or develop the main idea in their writing.
What is pictures, examples, or evidence.
This chronological timeline event marks the year Christopher Columbus sailed to America.
What is 1942?
Sentences that help explain the main idea.
What are supporting details?
Watch this video. This it the summary.
A guy was not nice in the beginning. An old lady made him be kind to help her walk across the street. He felt how is was to be kind and started being kind to others.
This genre is the dictionary.
What is non-fiction?