Main Idea/Details
"The rain forest is home to many creatures. Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest. Butterflies and anteaters also live in the rain forest."
What is the main idea?
A) Sloths and tapirs are other creatures that live in the rain forest.
B) The rain forest is home to many creatures.
C) Monkeys, toucans and macaws live in the rain forest.
B) The rain forest is home to many creatures.
Identify the Purpose of a Non-Fiction text/genre
Writing that presents and explains ideas or teaches about real people, places, ideas, or events. (Facts and Information; True/Real- NOT made up)
I love rollercoasters, my family and I go to six flags all the time! Roller coasters can be any color. They go very fast. I've been on a steel roller coaster and a metal one. I like the steel ones better just cause they are a lot newer.
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Name the Text Structure
Building a Campfire
Sitting around a campfire is a classic summer camping tradition. Before you can tell scary stories, though, you will need to build your fire. Begin by gathering fire wood from around your camp. In addition to wood, you will need other tinder like pine needles, bark, or dead plants to help ignite the fire. Then, dig a small pit for your fire and build a ring of stone around it for maximum safety. Place your wood and tinder into the pit and start the fire using an ignition source such as a match. Once ignited, slightly blow on your flame to build heat. When you have a flame, use large pieces of firewood to build a teepee. Now sit back and relax in front of your roaring campfire!
Chronological OR Problem & Solution
Chronological
It is giving steps in order to build a campfire.
Which of the following details supports the main idea that Humans and Chimps are alike?
A) "...Unlike Humans, chimps do not cry tears"
B) "The DNA of humans and chimps is almost exactly the same."
B
What is the main idea of the paragraph...
First you spread the dough. Then you pour tomato sauce on it. Sprinkle it with cheese. You can add some sausage or pepperoni. Then top it with grated cheese. Bake it in a hot oven for 20 minutes. Slice it and serve it warm.
How to make Pizza!
A caption is...?
Text describing the contents of a picture, graph or chart.
STAR SCORE the response below (0-4)
This article teaches that wooden and steel roller coasters are different. The wooden ones are made of wood and have a giant support structure. They are very expensive to keep working. The steel ones are made of steel. They don’t have to be held up by so much. Steel roller coasters also have more loops and are more popular. They also do not cost as much to keep working. The text is all about how they are both still around but they are constantly changing roller coaster to make them more thrilling and exciting!
4 STARS
The response has a main idea and details that support it. It includes a short summary about what the text is mostly about.
Name the Text Structure:
Compare/Contrast OR Description
Picture Perfect Camping
If you have never been camping before, imagine a peaceful location surrounded by trees, a running brook, and the crunch of pine needles beneath your feet. Most camps have a fire pit, perfect for building a crackling fire and roasting marshmallows to layer with chocolate and graham crackers. Foldable camp chairs surround the fire, a comfortable place for families and friends to gather. A tent filled with sleeping bags is often set up, ready and waiting for sleepy campers to rest their heads. You may even see a bag of food hanging from a tree above a picnic table, safe from the reach of nosy bears and other wild animals.
Description
Which of the following details supports the main idea that Chimps have their own way of communicating?
A) In many ways chimps communicate like Humans
B) Jane learned to tell what their different grunts, pants, and screams meant.
c) Chimps like humans, expressed feelings through gestures
B
The water is cool. The sun is hot. It is a nice day to swim. Emma has so much fun in the water! She kicks. She splashes water. She plays in the water for a long time. She likes swimming. She wants to swim all day. It is so much fun!
a)Emma kicks and splashes
b) The sun is hot.
c)Emma is having fun in the water
c
Text structure?
How the author organizes the text!
(Problem/Solution, Description, Compare/Contrast, Cause/Effect, Chronological)
STAAR SCORE? (0-4)
The topic is rollercoasters but the central idea is their are two different kinds of roller coasters.
2 stars...
Although the student named the central idea, their are no details from the text that support their answer.
Name the Text Structure:
Description OR Compare/Contrast
Chimpanzees and humans are alike in many ways. A baby chimp laughs when its mother tickles it. After chimpanzees fight, they kiss and make up. When one chimp comforts another, it gives it a hug or pat on the back. There are, of course, many ways that chimpanzees and humans are different. Chimpanzees are smaller and stronger than humans. An adult male chimpanzee stands three or four feet tall and weights about 100 pounds. But a chimpanzee can lift more weight than a man who is six feet tall.
Compare and Contrast
Lightning strikes some part of the earth more than others. There are few lightning strikes near the north or south poles. The weather near the poles is usually not warm or moist enough to create thunderstorms. These areas have a thunderstorms only once every 10 years or so.
What is the main idea?
Lightning strikes some parts of the Earth more than others.
Find the sentence that does not support the main idea... "Winter provides the opportunity for many outdoor activities. Many people enjoy ice skating on a pond. Swimming in the pond in summer can also be fun. Skiing can be a thrilling experience too. After a new snowfall, you can even build a snowman!"
Swimming in the pond in the summer can also be fun.
Map?
Where places/ events are located !
The central idea that the article teaches is that wooden and steel roller coasters are different. I know this because I've been on both and they both went super fast and will make sure you have a good time which is what all riders care about!
1 star
Even though they found the main ideas, None of the details support the main idea that they are different ,or use details from the ARTICLE.
Name the Text Structure:
Cause/Effect OR Problem/Solution
Wild chimpanzees are rapidly disappearing. Some people are trying to solve this problem. Otherwise, chimpanzees may one day exist only in zoos. People are trying to save the rain forests and woodlands where the chimps live from being cut down. It will take many people working together to solve this problem.
Problem and Solution
Imagine an ocean creature with a tail like a monkey, a head like a horse, and a pouch like a kangaroo. That’s a male sea horse, of course! A sea horse looks unusual and it also has strange characteristics. For example, a female sea horse deposits her eggs into the male’s pouch. Then the male cares for the eggs until the babies are born. A sea horse has no teeth and no stomach. It is also one of the slowest swimmers in the ocean
Which is the main idea?
The sea horse looks unusual and has strange characteristics.
Bold/Large words listed above a small section of a text...The purpose of these are to help the reader identify the main idea for that section of text
Headings/Subtitles
One central idea is wooden roller coasters. Some supporting details are that it is rare to find a wooden roller coaster that has loopy loops. Another central idea is how metal roller coasters are more popular and easier to find. This is supported in the text by "It is hard to find a wooden roller coaster but it is easy to find a metal roller coaster." This is because metal roller coasters are alot newer.
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No summary
Name Text Structure:
Compare/Contrast, Description, OR Cause/Effect
Chimpanzees live in groups and like each other a lot, but sometimes they fight. Because they don't want to stay angry at each other after a fight, they make up by holding a hand out to the other and kissing. They show that they are sorry with pats and hugs. Then the anger goes away.
Cause and Effect