• Identify details that support main idea(s) in one or more passages

ESL Ideas      (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional)
(B) For non-speaking ESL students, see Language Guide for an on-line picture dictionary with pronunciations for English practice.  See Logos Translator Site or Universal Dictionary for translation resources.
(I, T) Students complete a graphic organizer listing the topic sentence and supporting sentences of a given paragraph.

Finding Main Idea and Supporting Details
(I, T) The student identifies main idea and supporting details in a passage

Reading Exercises
(I, T) Activities are online self-checking traditional reading practice (main idea, details and inference) and cloze reading practice

Reading Exercises
(B, I) Beginner and intermediate reading resources including comprehension, sequencing, and summarizing self-checking activities

Reading: An Outline Technique
(I, T) Resource explaining how outlining activity can facilitate students' reading skills, such as recognition of main ideas, supporting information, and organizational

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