RE071f

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Contents 1 Reading Standard 1.f - Level 7 2 Standard in Kid Friendly Language 3 Standard Unwrapped 4 Instructional Strategies 5 Assessment Strategies 6 Resources 7 Projects and Activities

Reading Standard 1.f - Level 7

Find support in the text for main ideas.

Standard in Kid Friendly Language

You will be able to find the message (main idea) of short stories and explain your point by listing examples form the readings. Main idea is the most important information a writer wants you to know about a text.

Standard Unwrapped

KNOW Students will know what details support the main idea of a text.

ABLE TO DO Students will be able to prove the main idea of a text by listing the supporting details from the text.

Instructional Strategies

[Teach Main Idea]

"Theme: The Story's Main Idea." Elements of Literature -Text book- pgs.: 23 & 144

"Nonfiction: The Main Idea." Elements of Literature -Text book- pgs.: 443-444

Assessment Strategies

Students are mainly informally assessed based on contributions to classroom discussions and activities. Sometimes I ask students to draw the main idea and details, or write a one-minute paper on the reading.

Item One

[Self-Assessment Rubric]

Resources

Go to "The Spider Graphic Organizer"

[Graphic Organizer]

Projects and Activities

Item One

Activity example for finding the main idea: "Shaping interpretation" in Elements of Literature pg.: 604

Item Two

Students read an article from a magazine or newspaper and fill ou the fill out the "Graphic Organizer" (see "Resources").