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Instructional Focus LA 173

Instructional Focus LA 173. Determines Main Idea. Main Idea.

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Instructional Focus LA 173

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  1. Instructional FocusLA 173 Determines Main Idea

  2. Main Idea • The main idea tells what the paragraph is about. Sometimes the idea is stated in a sentence in the paragraph. When the main idea is not stated directly, the reader must decide o the main idea by thinking about what idea the details tell about.

  3. Supporting Details • Words • Phrases • Sentences

  4. Nonsupporting Detail • A detail that does not support the main idea.

  5. Finding the Main Idea • Once you know the subject of a paragraph, ask yourself, “What’s the main idea?” Figure out what the writer is saying about the subject. To find the main idea, you need to know the most important thing the writer wants you to know.

  6. Inferred Main Idea • As a reader, you need to infer the main idea. That is, you consider what all of the sentences in the paragraph say or imply about the subject and then decide what the author is saying about it.

  7. What is the Main idea? • Ocean liners are ships that are like floating hotels. They have places to eat, shop, and movies on board. They even have swimming pools.

  8. Answer • Ocean liners are like floating hotels. • The main idea was stated in the first sentence of the paragraph.

  9. What is the Main Idea? • The word coconut comes from the Portuguese word coco which means “funny” face. And that’s just what a coconut looks like. The coconut is a very useful fruit. Hardly any part of it goes to waste. The hard white meat inside can be eaten. And Coconut oil is used in soap or for cooking. And the hairy outside of the shell can be used for making rope.

  10. Answer • The coconut is a very useful fruit. • The coconut comes from Portugal. • Coconut milk cannot be given to babies.

  11. What is the Main Idea? • Potatoes have eyes but cannot see. Corn has ears but can’t hear me. Planes have a noses, but they can’t smell. Rivers have mouths but can’t speak well. Lakes have fingers but cannot touch. This “sense” less poem doesn’t mean too much!

  12. Answer • Some planes have eyes. • Words sometimes have more than one meaning. • Potatoes can’t see.

  13. Details • All the details should support, or tell about the main idea. When the main idea is stated, there is one sentence in the paragraph that tells the main idea. When the main idea is not stated, there is no main idea sentence. You must decide on the main idea by thinking of a sentence that tells about all the details.

  14. Think of some Detail Sentences for these Main Ideas! • Some animals have shells. • Many stories have magical animals. • Some trees grow very tall. • Bigfoot is a mysterious animal.

  15. Finding Details • Details will give you more facts. Details are parts of a paragraph. They tell you more about the main idea. Details often tell you who, what, when, or where.

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