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Grade 12, Reading and Literature Std # 1–1: Identify supporting details Identify details that support main idea(s) in one or more passages

Lesson Plans: Summary, Note-taking, Main Idea, and Detail The lesson takes notes from oral reading, simulating class lecture, for the purpose of extracting main idea and details and transcribing them into a summary. What's the Big Idea? The mini-lessons focus on three key areas: students will work at understanding the key points (or "main ideas") of the recent current events. They will use a crossword puzzle to identify important details in the news, and they will get a look at the historical context of the tensions with Iraq. Main Idea and Supporting Details Students learn to identify main ideas and supporting details from within a short reading selection.

Resources: Episodic Notes A handout to help identify plot and supporting details Logging Up Reading Mileage! Personal reading ideas with many supporting achievement outcomes and assessments Englishcompanion.com Handy printable guides (at bottom of site page) Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Students copy a teacher-prepared graphic organizer listing the topic sentence and supporting sentences of a given paragraph or story. (I, T) Students complete a graphic organizer listing the topic sentence and supporting sentences of a given paragraph. (I, T) See also Tips for Reading for identifying main idea.
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