The main idea of this resource is that you should take a look if you're planning to teach main ideas in your class! Cover just about everything you need to know about main ideas with a packet of materials that includes information and exercises. 

Concepts

main ideas, topics, central ideas, supporting details, Vocabulary, reading strategies, reading comprehension

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Additional Tags

english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Pick and choose the exercises that fit your plans best; the entire packet may be too much to go through all at once
• Use these exercises for warm-ups, homework assignments, or assessments

Classroom Considerations

• Since the packet is rather long, you may need to spend some time sifting through the materials; there are collaborative activities and longer written responses included in the exercises, you just have to find them
• Many of the questions are multiple choice, but there are also short answer and paragraph response questions included

Pros

• Comes with preparatory exercises as well as more complex activities that involve reading and analyzing longer texts
• Provides plenty of vocabulary practice

Cons

• There are no answers provided

Common Core

RL.7.2 RL.8.2 RL.9-10.2 RL.11-12.2 RI.7.2 RI.8.2 RI.9-10.2 RI.11-12.2