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Central Focus:
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.5.2
Determine two or more main ideas of a text and
explain how they are supported by key details;
summarize the text.
Date submitted:
Students will be able to identify and summarize the main idea and supporting details contained within a text.
Students will meet the objective by independently answering 6 out of 7 questions correctly on the Main Idea
with Comics worksheet based on the graphic novel, An Elephants Life.
21st Century Skills:
Language Function:
ReviewStudents will review the meaning and distinction
between a main idea and its supporting details.
Additionally, students will review strategies for locating
the main idea and supporting details of a text.
IdentifyStudents will recognize the main idea and supporting
details of various texts.
SummarizeStudents will recount the main ideas and key supporting
details of several texts and short passages in their own
words.
Vocabulary:
Students will review and identify main idea and key
supporting details based on the evidence provided by
the author.
Prior Knowledge:
Students should be able to define the meaning of main idea and supporting details in relation to reading
informational texts and passages. Moreover, students should be able to recall the various reading strategies
utilized by good readers.
Activity
Description
The teacher will begin the lesson by asking students to recall some of
the strategies they use while reading a particular text.
To start off todays class, who can quietly raise their hand and tell the
class some of the reading strategies you should be using while reading
a certain text?
Reading Strategies:
1. Chunking-breaking down a long text into more manageable
portions
2. Labeling text features-titles, subheadings, etc.
3. Info Boxes-discerns the main idea and supporting details of an
entire text or paragraph
4. Context Clues-What definitions, restatements, or punctuation
there is in the text.
1. Focus and Review
After letting students answer, the teacher will have students read a
paragraph that does not have a clear main idea or supporting details.
Non-Sense Paragraph:
By 2055, the population of the earth is expected to reach a
whopping 10 billion. One of the most popular sports in
America is football. In China, they celebrate New Years in the
month of February. Yesterday, I went to the park to walk my
dog because the weather was warm. Research shows that many
animals will soon be extinct because of their habitats being
destroyed.
2. Statement of Objective
for Student
3. Teacher Input
The teacher will read the paragraph aloud to students and ask them if
what I have read aloud makes sense. Afterwards, the teacher will ask
students to explain why exactly the paragraph is disconnected. The
purpose of this exercise is to demonstrate to students what a paragraph
with no main idea sounds like and how confusing it is to figure out
what the author is trying to communicate.
Today we are going to continue our work with identifying and
summarizing main ideas as well as locating details that make the main
idea stronger. You will be practicing this further by reading a section
of a graphic novel near the end.
Define Concept:
We are going to start out lesson by watching a video. I want you to
pay close attention to what is being said and how it ties into the other
concepts you have been learning about.
Identifying Main Idea and Supporting Details Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42SJTk2XSi4
4. Guided Practice
10 points
5. Independent Practice
10 points
astronaut passage.
To demonstrate how some details do not support the main idea,
students will be given a practice paragraph to examine the least
supportive detail. Students will be asked to come to the whiteboard
and to underline the sentence that does not belong.
In this portion of the lesson, the teacher will tell students to write
about a topic that interests them. Once students have completed their
paragraph, they will be instructed to underline the main idea of their
paragraphs. After doing so, students will work in partnerships to
identify and summarize one anothers main idea and supporting
details. Each student will receive an index card. On the index card
each student will identify the main idea of their partners paragraph as
well as write down some key supporting details. Students will take
turns to read their paragraph aloud. While students are in their
partnerships, the teacher will circulate around the room to ensure that
students understand what is expected and are on task.
During this portion of the lesson, students will independently read a
section from the graphic novel: An Elephants Life
An Elephants Life
http://www.petakids.com/wpcontent/uploads/2014/07/EleComic_new_250.pdf
After students have read the section of the graphic novel, they will
answer questions on a worksheet that pertain to identifying the main
idea and summarizing three supporting details.
6. Assessment Methods of
all objectives/skills:
10 points
7. Closure
10 points
8. Assessment Results of
all objectives/skills:
10 points
Student Number
Met Objective
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
X
X
X
X
X
10
11
12
13
X
15
16
Missed Question 1
Missed Question 2
Missed Question 1
Missed Question 1
Missed Question 1
14
Comments
Missed Question 1
Missed Question 2
14 out of 16 students did not meet the days objective. Three out of 16 students missed only
questions number 1, but in total 5 students missed the question. With these result, main idea
still needs to be explored further and the meaning of authors purpose.
Targeted Students
Modifications/Accommodations
4 points
Student/Small Group
Modifications/Accommodations
4 points
Materials/Technology:
1 point
PowerPoint about becoming a reading detective relating to main idea and supporting details
Index Cards
An Elephants Life, 14 copies (some students will share)
Main Idea with Comics Worksheet, 23 copies
Paper for foldable, 23 sheets
Miniature paragraph for foldable, 23 copies
Miniature graphic organizer for foldable, 23 copies
Glue
Pencils
Paper
Highlighters
Lesson Materials:
Foldable
Main Idea Example Paragraph
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