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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Supporting Details

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A six-slide presentation explaining the importance of using supporting details and describing different types of details that can be used to support an idea.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Supporting Details: Facts and Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson discusses how statistics can be used as supporting details. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [05:16] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.
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AdLit

Ad lit.org: What's the Big Idea? Integrating Young Adult Literature

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Drawing on New York City teachers' experiences, this article examines three ways to effectively integrate young adult literature into the curriculum: use core texts (usually novels, but also other genres as well) that the entire class...
Interactive
Education Development Center

Tv411: Strategies for Better Reading: Activities 3 of 3

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Use these eight multiple choice passages to practice summarizing the main idea of a paragraph.
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Utah Education Network

Uen: Whittle, Whittle It Down: Summarizing

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
This multi-day jigsaw activity engages students in summary writing. Students will work in small groups after direct instruction and write short summary paragraphs. Students will refer to the 'Five Rules For Writing a Summary' chart for...
Lesson Plan
ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Scaffolding Comprehension Strategies Using Graphic Organizers

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
A three-part standards-based lesson in which students will use collaborative strategic reading to apply four reading strategies: preview, click and clunk, get the gist, and wrap-up. They will work in cooperative groups while scaffolding...
Activity
Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Part 1 Reading: Literature: Summarize

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Summarizing is a key skill needed in reading comprehension. This page describes how to summarize main ideas in a text. Click on Model button for a model with explanation and then click on Practice (Bottom Right)
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Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Main Ideas and Supporting Ideas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples of main ideas and supporting details.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Make Inferences in Informational/expository Texts

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] Use different organizational patterns as guides for summarizing and forming an overview of different kinds of expository text while distinguishing factual claims from...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Summary and Paraphrase: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students are provided with notes that distinguish "summarizing" from "paraphrasing" content. Examples of effective summaries and paraphrases of text are provided. Then students have the opportunity to engage...
Unit Plan
E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Main Idea Worksheets

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students will learn how to identify the main ideas in individual pararaphs. Worksheets, PowerPoint lessons, and activities are provided to reinforce the concept of main idea. This module is designed to support...
Unit Plan
CommonLit

Common Lit: A Slick Little Robot

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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CommonLit

Common Lit: Ataka

For Students 5th - 6th Standards
CommonLit.org is a wonderful resource to use in a Language Arts classroom. Each story or article is accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. In addition, students can click on words to see...
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Sam Houston State University

Texas Center for Academic Excellence: Summarizing Pre Test

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Check students' prior knowledge and understanding of how to summarize passages and identify main ideas.
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Test

For Students 4th - 6th Standards
Reading comprehension terms (nonfiction) are included on this test. This test assesses the following words: topic, main idea, supporting details, summarizing, conclusion, point of view, author's perspective, author's purpose, details,...
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Quizlet

Quizlet: Ccisd 4th Grade Main Idea Match

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Reading comprehension terms (nonfiction) are included in this review "Match" game. Questions are provided for the following words: main idea, summarizing, point of view, summarizing, topic, support, conclusion, details, author's purpose,...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Analyze Nonfiction: Central Idea [Pdf]

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This graphic organizer will help students analyze nonfiction pieces. Students will use the graphic organizer to guide them as they identify the central idea and supporting details.
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Curated OER

Mc Graw Hill: Informational Text: Determine Central Ideas and Supporting Details

For Students 5th - 7th Standards
Read a short informational text and determine the main idea and supporting details. Click to check your answers then click on Practice.
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Other

Learning Farm: Compare and Contrast Informational Texts

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
In this narrated tutorial, students are presented with information about first and third points of view, then read two passages about the same event and answer questions that compare how the topic is presented. After completing the...
Interactive
Learning Farm

Learning Farm: Common Core Standards: Text Structure in Literature

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
Practice comparing and contrasting the structure of two or more texts and analyze how the differing structure of each text contributes to its meaning and style. Choose test mode or game mode!
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E Reading Worksheets

E Reading Worksheets: Text Structure

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
This resource focuses on text structure by defining the types of organizational patterns and providing examples of each. These are followed by a list of links to practice activities on text structure and main idea, as well as some videos.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students will examine the ways in which a magazine cover's headlines and graphics express the main ideas of its articles. They will then use an interactive tool to create covers that summarize chapters of informational...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plans on Summary Writing Skills

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This article focuses on how to help teachers write lesson plans that will aid students in learning to write clear, concise summaries of movies and literary works.
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Other

Dade Schools: John Ferguson: Informational Text Features

For Students 5th - 9th Standards
A table explaining different text features including graphics, visuals, and sections found in text.