Lesson 8: Main Idea, Supporting Details and Summary

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~ I can determine the main idea of an text.

~ I can support the main idea using supporting details.

~ I can write a summary of an text ​

​Main Idea

• A main idea is found in every nonfiction text, sometimes it is called a central idea.

• The main idea is the most important idea the author conveys about the topic in the text.

• Each paragraph or section of the text has a main idea that supports the overall main idea of the text. ​

• ​A main idea of a nonfiction text may be called a thesis or hypothesis.

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​Step 1: Identify the topic

Step 2: Summarize the passage in your own words

Step​ 3: Check the first and last sentences

Step 4: Look for repetition of ideas ​

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​Determining a main idea

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​supporting details

• These details are important to the text & support the main idea.

• ​ Supporting details ​describes or explain the main idea of the text

• The author use evidence such as details , facts, reasons, examples, statistics, and quotations, to develop the main idea.

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​Summary

• ​A summary is a shortened version of a text.

• ​Summarizes contains important points, ides, & themes of the text.

• The summary should be written in your own words.

• ​The overall summary does not contain opinions, judgments, or biases.

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Step 1: Restate the main ideas

Step 2: Significant supporting points if the text in your own words ​

Step 3 : Add other important ​facts of the text

Step 4 ​Check your Summary against the text

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​Writing a summary

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