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How to Find the Main Idea PPTHow to Find the Main Idea PPT
Publisher
Saddleback College
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Grade
7th - 10th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Presentations
Audience
For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
42
Instructional Strategies
Direct Instruction
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How to Find the Main Idea

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What's the difference between the main idea of a text and the topic? Take kids through the process of literary analysis with a presentation about finding the main idea and supporting details. Additionally, it guides learners through examples and techniques for finding the important details.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

main ideas, reading comprehension, literary analysis, supporting details, topic sentences

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Use in a unit about finding the main ideas in informational text or literature, whichever is more relevant to your curriculum
  • Have kids view the presentation on their own, prepared to discuss what they learned in class the next day, to create a flipped classroom assignment

Classroom Considerations

  • There is a lot of text on each slide

Pros

  • Comes with a slide full of additional resources and materials to use
  • Provides a summary of the presentation at the end
  • Includes examples from films and books that kids will recognize

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RL.7.1 RL.7.2 RL.8.1 RL.8.2 RL.9-10.1 RL.9-10.2

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