UP:ELA21.2.24

Vocabulary

  • Main idea
  • Supporting details
  • Literary text
  • Informational text

Knowledge

Students know:
  • The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
  • The supporting details explain the main idea or provide more information about the main idea.

Skills

Students are able to:
  • Identify the main idea in literary and informational text.
  • Identify the supporting details in literary and informational text.

Understanding

Students understand that:
  • Literary and informational texts have a main idea, or most important message, and supporting details, which provide more information about the main idea.
  • A text usually just has one main idea, but multiple supporting details.
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