Thursday, September 10 - Main Idea in News Article

Objective: By the end of class, students will identify main ideas and supporting details in advertisements and news article in order to improve reading comprehensive skills.

DO NOW

Main Idea can also be found in advertisements. Look at the ad below and write down the topic and the author's point about the topic (main idea):

Direct Instruction

Hand out Holt soft books. Page 40 - How to identify the main idea in news articles.

Guided

Read Background together. Use background for "SUMMARY" information - who, what ,when, where and why. See that you can summarize the whole article by just reading the background!

View national geographic clip


Independent

Read in the Shadow of Man (pages 41-47) and Answer all side bars as you read. You may work together.

Then complete the graphic organizer on page 48 and questions on page 49 in regard to finding the main idea and supporting details.

Check for Understanding - 

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review answers to sidebars

Exit Pass

What is the topic and main idea of the following advertisement?

 BELOW IS FOR 6th PERIOD 
Independent

Read the fictional story - "My first Baseball Game." Use active reading strategies while reading. MAKE COMMENTS AND CIRLCE WORDS YOU DON"T KNOW! MAKE PERSONAL CONNECTIONS! Use the annotation/ strategies sheet provided.

Answer the questions on the reverse side of the Baseball story. Refer to your notes if needed for word definitions.

Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review finding the MAIN IDEA and how it is not always the first or last sentence of a paragraph or passage, but often must be inferred.