Tracking the Central Idea
Grade 5•45 minutes•Florida ELA Standard 6.R.2.2 Analyze the central indea(s), implied or explicit, and its development throughout the text.
Learning Objective
I can identify the central idea of a text and explain how the author builds upon it throughout the text.
Practice Questions
This lesson includes 7 practice questions to reinforce learning.
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1. What is the central idea of a text? Explain it in your own words, as if you were explaining it to a younger sibling.
2. Explain the "zooming out" strategy for finding the central idea. Give an example of how you might "zoom out" when reading a non-fiction book.
3. The video mentions asking "who or what is the text about?" and "what does the author say about it?". How do these questions help you find the main focus of the text?
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Central Idea
Mrs. Schotte