Main Idea
What is Main Idea?
Main idea is the most important idea about a text. It should be supported by details throughout the text.
The central point or most important message in the text.
Why might the author repeat the phrase “Never give up”?
→ To emphasize a theme or idea.
A type of figurative language that involves exaggeration for emphasis or effect.
Hyperbole
What are the different types of Authors purpose?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain and Explain, Describe
What is text structure?
What are text structures and organized patterns?
Text structure is how a piece of writing is organized. Authors use different structures depending on what they want to explain or show.
Cause and Effect- Explains why something happened and what happened because of it.
Compare and Contrast - Shows how two or more things are similar and different.
Problem and Solution - Shows a problem and then gives one or more solutions.
Sequence / Chronological - Events are told in time order (like a timeline).
Description - Gives lots of details about a person, place, or thing.
Why did the author include a specific detail or sentence?
→ It supports the theme, builds suspense, explains a character, etc.
What is something you should be able to identify in a text to help you determine the theme of that text?
How the characters in the text respond to challenges or conflict.
Identify the simile or metaphor in the sentence. Then explain it’s meaning.
Mountain goats leaped like dancers from rock to rock.
Mountain goats leaped like dancers from rock to rock. simile
The mountain goats were jumping gracefully to each rock.
Dinosaurs first appeared on the earth many millions of years ago. They had long legs, and some were fast runners. These fast runners were often meat eaters with sharp claws. One meat eater was the Herrerasaurus. In the beginning, these meat–eating creatures probably ate lizard-like creatures, but often they ate the slower moving plant-eating dinosaurs as well.
To inform the reader on facts about dinosaurs.
What is one way to figure out the meaning of a word you don’t know?
Use context clues from the words or sentences around it.
How can text features like headings or bold words help you?
→ They highlight important ideas and organize information.
What is an example of a theme statement?
Dont judge a book by its cover
Be yourself
Have courage
Why does an author use figurative language in a text?
To give the reader a visual or image in the mind.
What is compare and contrast text structure?
The similarities and differences between two topics in a text.
What does the word contribute mean?
To give or add something
What does it mean to make an inference?
→ To make a guess based on clues in the text and your own knowledge.
How can the title of a story help you figure out the theme?
It might give a clue about the main message or conflict.
Comparison between two different things using like or as
Simile
What would a cause and effect text involve?
The issue or situation that was caused and the effects that happen because of it.
How can text features like headings or bold words help you?
They highlight important ideas and organize information.
What does the word “reluctant” most likely mean in this sentence: "She was reluctant to speak in front of the class"?
Unwilling or hesitant.
What is the difference between a theme and the main idea?
The main idea is what the story is mostly about; the theme is the lesson or message.
What is alliteration?
the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words:
"the alliteration of “sweet birds sang”" · "alliterations are clustered in the last few lines"
What way is the text organized in the passage below?
The space shuttle Discovery made its first flight in 1984. In 1990, Discovery launched the Hubble Space Telescope. In 2011, after 30 missions, Discovery was taken out of service. Discovery then became a display at the National Air and Space Museum.
Chronological/
Sequential
How do you unpack an ECR?
(Hook) Claim, Reason, Evidence and Conclusion
Boxes and Bullets