devouring - eating food or prey hungrily or quickly

snatched - quickly seize (something) in a rude or eager way

triumphs - a great victory of achievement

reluctantly - in an unwilling or hestitant way

spectacles - another term for glasses

corridor - a long passage in a building from which doors lead into rooms

scorned - refuse to do something because one is too proud

Main Idea & Details

A topic is what the piece of writing is about. The main idea is the most important idea about this topic. Details are small pieces of information that tell you 

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Grade 2 Activities (Used for remediation)

Reading:: T.2 Determine the topic and purpose of informational passages Y2G

FF.1 Select the detail that does not support the topic sentence WXK

Grade 3 Activities (Used for practice & strengthening)

Reading: F.1 Use key details to determine the main idea NHQ

F.2 Determine the main idea of a passage RD9

Grade 4 Activities (Used for enrichment)

Reading: A.1 Use key details to determine the main idea DMM

A.2 Determine the main idea of a passage 7XV

A.3 Combine main ideas from two texts JZ2