Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, he toa takitini – My strength is not as an individual, but as a collective

Identifying Main Idea

WALT: find and understand the main idea in the text

Success Criteria

identify the important information (use the text details and prior knowledge)
identify what you think the AUTHOR thinks is important
find 3 pieces of supporting detail (proof or evidence) in the text to support your main ideas

Whole class

Finding the Main Idea

Teacher time -in your groups work with Mrs Creagh to find the main idea of these short texts.

Mini Skills

Main Idea & Supporting Details

Practice identifying the main idea (above)

ARBS - click here Tom's Tryathlon / Are they to blame?

Create a DLO about how you identify the main idea. Include your 'Main idea and supporting details' slide. Show how you identified the main idea using highlighting to show the text evidence you used as clues.

Share your DLO on your blog along with the WALT for our learning this week. What is your next step?

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