Topic:

With a partner, students will navigate through a series of activities to learn and understand what a main idea is and how to find it.

Goals:

• Students will learn what a main idea is.
• Students will learn how to find the main idea in a text.
• Students will learn how to find supporting details of the main idea.

Description:

For this activity, students will

• Work with a partner as they watch a video about main idea.
• Complete a Quizlet lesson and take a short quiz to test what they learned.
• Practice their new skills by finding the main idea in a series of short paragraphs.
• In their own words, students will explain what the main idea is.
• Finally, they will read a passage, find the main idea, and list the supporting details.