Close Reading: Rewinding Time

Lesson: Main Idea & the Big Topic

Ms. Mark
8th Grade ELA

Close Reading - Week 24

Objective:

I know how to identify a nonfiction main idea because I can state the big topic and then ask myself:

• What is the text mostly teaching me about?

• Why did the author write this text? (8R2)

Based on the objective, what can we use to identify the main idea?

Objective: I know how to identify a nonfiction main idea because I can state the big topic and then ask myself:

• What is the text mostly teaching me about?

• Why did the author write this text? (8R2)

Scholar Notes: "We can use the __________________________________ to help us identify the main idea."

Main Idea

Big Topic

What is the difference between the big topic and the main idea?

​Scholar Notes: Draw T-Chart and include details for each concept.

Definitions

​Scholar Notes: Write down definitions for "big topic" and "main idea"

• ​Definition of "big topic": the broad, general theme, message, or subject of an article.

• Definition of "main idea": the key concept being expressed. Details, major and minor, support the main idea -- the who, what, when, where, why and how (a summary)

Main Idea

Big Topic

Understanding the Big Topic vs. Main Idea:

On the next page, a prompt will come up asking you for 1 keyword from your Do Now. You will have 20 - 30 seconds to enter 1 key word.
Be prepared!

Based on the two key words you identified during the Do Now, what may be the big topic of this article?

Text: "Rewinding Time" by James Horton

For each chunk, you will circle, underline, or highlight 2 keywords that capture and develop the big topic.

Task #1: Chunk Reading

1 Keyword from Chunk #2

GO!

1 Keyword from Chunk #3

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1 Keyword from Chunk #4

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1 Keyword from Chunk #5

GO!

You will have 2 minutes to read the infographic from page 126 and answer the MCQ.
GO!

1 Keyword from Chunk #6

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1 Keyword from Chunk #7

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1 Keyword from Chunk #8

GO!