PPT-Main Idea Monday

A penny for your thoughts If its a 1943 copper penny it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars In 1943 most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II so the 1943 copper penny is ultrarare Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny These pennies were mistakenly double stamped so they have overlapping dates and letters If its uncirculated itd easily fetch 25000 at an auction Now thats a pretty penny . The main idea is the most important idea of a paragraph or work. It is the main point the author wishes to make.. Finding a Main Idea in a Paragraph. Taken altogether, all of the sentences in a paragraph express one large thought. When you’ve found that thought, you’ve found the subject of the paragraph.. Main Idea. The most important point that the author is trying to make about the topic. Stated Main Idea. The one sentence in the paragraph that states both the topic and the most important point.. Implied Main Idea. RDG 091 Week 12 . Tracy Washington. Today’s Objectives. 1. . Review. . where we find . main ideas in a paragraph. .. 2. . Identify the . Vocabulary word: . imply. 3. . Identify the . Academic vocabulary . LA.910.1.7.3: The student will determine the main idea or essential message in grade-level or higher texts through inferring, paraphrasing, summarizing, and identifying relevant details. Lesson 2: Guided Practice. Preparing for the ACT. Topic. First off, how do you determine a “topic”?. Topic is basically the subject or what the text is about. . Here are some topics:. Recycling. Mammals. Weather patterns. January 8, 2013. What is it?. Understanding the main idea means seeing through all the detailed ideas on the page to understand what the writer is really getting at.. It’s seeing how the “bits and pieces” fit together.. 6. th. Grade ELA/Reading. Ashworth Middle School. What is the central (main) idea?. Definition:. The most . important. . point. an . author makes in his or her writing..  . How to:. Ask these . questions. - 7 lab Unit 3 - . What is central/main idea?. After you read a book or see a movie, do you ever tell someone else what it is about? When you do this, you state the main idea. The main idea is what something is mostly about.. Imagine This: . Ms. Wilhite has a brace on her wrist, and students ask, “What happened?”. Ms. Wilhite starts telling you this whole story:. “Well I woke up Monday, and it was raining. I took my dogs on a walk, then came home and ate a bowl of cereal and had some tea. After that I got ready and went to work. It was a pretty good day, my students were well behaved. After school, I hung out for a while and chatted with Ms. Carrillo. It was around 3 pm so I decided to go home. When I got home, I had dinner and went to the gym. While I was at the gym, I was putting some 45 lb. plates on a squat rack. I felt something sharp in my wrist, and looked at it and noticed I had dislocated it from picking up the heavy weight wrong.” . Third Grade . SPI 0301.6.2 Identify the stated . main idea in a selection. . SPI 0301.6.4 Identify main idea . and supporting details in a text.. . Main Idea . Every story or paragraph has a main idea.. I. dea of Literary and Informational . T. exts. What is Theme?. Theme. is the central idea, or insight, about life and human behavior that a story reveals.. The theme is what makes a story linger in our hearts and minds long after we have read it.. Receive a handout from Mrs. C.. Anchor tab and paste the handout into your notebook. Follow the directions to complete the activity.. TODAY. :. Compare and Contrast Organization. Video . What you need. Today, we will…. 1. Have a quiz to recap on our previous lessons about fables.. 2. Learn about using the main idea and details in writing non-fiction.. 8. 6. 2. 4. 5. 3. 1. A. Young fireflies don’t have wings.. Make strategic use of digital media (e.g., textual, graphical, audio, visual, and interactive elements) in presentations to enhance understanding of findings, reasoning, and evidence and to add interest. .