Unpacked Content
Knowledge
Students know:
- The main idea is the most important idea presented in the text.
- Sometimes an author will clearly state the main idea, while other times an author will merely suggest the main idea.
- 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 of a text.
- Determine if the main idea is explicitly stated or implies.
- Identify the supporting details of a 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.
- An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues to imply the main idea.
- A text usually just has one main idea, but multiple supporting details.
Vocabulary
- Explicit main idea
- Implied main idea
- Supporting details
