

Determine Text Importance
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Andrea Turner
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Determine Text Importance
I will be able to:
-Identify text structures and features that signal text importance,
-evaluate text for importance,
-connect multiple textual evaluations to help identify the key ideas within a text.

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Today we will read about how different levels of the government can work to solve big problems.
To understand what you read, you have to be able to find the really important details and ideas in the text. Good readers learn to spot clues that tell them the information they are reading is critical to understanding the text. We are going to use text features and text structures to help us identify the key ideas in a text.
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The large text and bright colors of the title tell us to pay attention. Put a star by the title.
The title often provides clues to help readers determine text importance.
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What does the title "Solving Problems" tell us that this text is going to be about?
Problems and solutions are going to be an important part of this text.
When I see the text talking about a problem or solution, I should take note that the information is probably important.
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Look at the sidebar at the bottom of the page.
Visuals and sidebars are often used to draw attention to special ideas and details. The photo that goes along with this sidebar shows people responding to a disaster. Disasters certainly count as a problem. That connects to the title and the idea of problems and solutions!
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Determine Text Importance: Nonfiction
Ask: Why might a reader want to read this?
What do I think the most important ideas might be?
Look for: Title, Pictures, and Captions
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How does Superstorm Sandy connect to the important details and ideas we have already found?
Look for:Title, picture or captions. What are the important ideas? Underline some of them in your text.
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Open Ended
Superstorm Sandy was ________________. It connects to important ideas because________________
Determine Text Importance
I will be able to:
-Identify text structures and features that signal text importance,
-evaluate text for importance,
-connect multiple textual evaluations to help identify the key ideas within a text.

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