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Main Idea and Supporting Details
  • Mrs. Davis
  • SPI 0601.6.2 Identify the stated
  • main idea in a selection.
  • SPI 0601.6.5 Identify main idea
  • and supporting details in a text.

2
Main Idea
  • Every story or paragraph has a main idea.
  • The main idea tells you what the story is about.
  • The main idea maybe the lesson learned or moral
    of a story.
  • The main idea is the most important part of a
    story or paragraph.

3
Supporting Details
  • The supporting details are the things that
    describe the main idea.
  • These supporting details make the main idea
    stronger.

4
Read the Passage and Choose the Main IdeaRaise
your hand to answer!!!!
  • Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights
    in North America. It is on the Niagara River
    halfway between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie.
    Niagara Falls is located on the American and
    Canadian border. The American Falls is 167 feet
    high. On the Canadian side, the Horseshoe Falls
    is 161 feet high.

5
Still Thinking? Lets go back to the passage
  • What is the main idea of the passage?
  • Remember main idea is what the story is about.

6
Your Answer
  • Main Idea is Niagara Falls is one of the most
    beautiful sights in North America.

7
Choose the Main Idea of this Passage
  • The Statue of Liberty is visited by thousands of
    people every year. The Statue of Liberty is a 151
    foot statue of woman holding a book and a torch.
    It was a gift of friendship from the people of
    France. It has become the universal symbol for
    freedom.

8
QuestionRaise Your Hand to Answer
  • What is the main idea of this passage?
  • What was the passage about?

9
Your Answer
  • The Main Idea is..
  • The Statue of Liberty

10
Find the Supporting Details in this Passage
(write them down)
  • The Erie Canal changed the way people moved goods
    in the 1800s. The 363 mile canal connected
    Albany, New York to Lake Erie in Buffalo for the
    first time. When the Canal opened in 1825,
    building supplies and goods could be transported
    quickly and cheaply across New York State. Canal
    boats pulled by mules carried people and supplies
    across New York.

11
Need more time? Go back to the passage
  • Main Idea Lake Erie changed the way people moved
    goods.
  • What are the supporting details of this passage?
  • Remember supporting details describe the main
    idea.

12
Answer
  • Supporting Details
  • The 363 mile canal connected Albany and New York
    for the first time.
  • 2. The canal boats pulled by mules carried people
    and supplies across New York State.
  • 3. The canal made a way for goods to be
    transported cheaply and quickly.

13
Review
  • Our stories would not make sense if they did not
    include a main idea with supporting details.
  • You will need to be able to select the main idea
    and the supporting details from everything you
    read.

14
Main Idea Reading Practice Packet
  • Scholars your Coach will give you a Reading
    Practice Module to complete.
  • This Reading Practice Exercise will be timed 12
    Minutes (Coach please set your timers)
  • When completed bring to Mrs. Davis during your
    Reading Scheduled time

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Main Idea ReviewBrain Pop Quia
  • Please review Main Idea on Brain Pop and take the
    quiz.
  • http//www.brainpop.com/english/writing/mainidea/
  • http//www.quia.com/ba/377974.html
  • Scholars will need their own headsets
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