Invite your learners to represent the central idea of a text visually. Individuals note down the main idea and then have the opportunity to draw four pictures that show the idea. Consider working out the main idea together and then allowing independent time for the drawing portion of the worksheet.

Concepts

main ideas, central ideas, supporting details, details

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Additional Tags

main idea, visualize, represent visually, supporting details, english language arts

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Pros

• Requires pupils to think about what the main idea would look like, and represent an idea in a concrete way

Cons

• The organizer does not have the best formatting; the boxes for drawing are small and the circle is not quite in the center

Common Core

RL.3.2 RL.4.2 RL.5.2 RI.3.2 RI.4.2 RI.5.2 RL.6.2 RL.7.2 RI.6.2 RI.7.2