ELA21.5.29

English Language Arts (2021) Grade(s): 5

ELA21.5.29
Summarize in writing a variety of texts, stating their implied and/or explicit main ideas.

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.
A summary is a short statement explaining the main point or most important details of presented information.
Writing skills.

Skills

Students are able to:

Identify the implied or explicit main idea of a text.
Write a summary stating the implied and/or explicit main idea(s) of a text.

Understanding

Students understand that:

Most texts have a main idea, or most important message.
An author can choose to state the main idea in the text or provide clues through details in the text to imply the main idea.
They can demonstrate their comprehension of the text by writing a summary that explains the main idea(s).

Vocabulary

Summarize
Implied main idea
Explicit main idea

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