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What's the Big Idea? Lesson PlanWhat's the Big Idea? Lesson Plan
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What's the Big Idea?

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Young scholars choose a paragraph from a book of their choice, identify the main idea, and draw an illustration of the main idea. They write original paragraphs, illustrate them, and trade with a partner, identifying the main idea of the partner's paragraph.

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main ideas, central ideas, story elements, stories, writing paragraphs

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main idea, story elements, writing paragraphs, english language arts
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3rd - 5th
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English Language Arts
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