Lesson 13: Central or Main Idea
Duration of Days: 1
Lesson Objective
Students will determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text.
What main ideas do the paragraphs develop?
Where do you see more than one central idea for the text?
How does the author use details to develop central ideas?
How does the author develop these ideas over the course of the text?
How might I objectively summarize the text, including the central ideas?
Instruction:
CCSS: RI.7.2
Application:
CCSS: RI.7.1, RI.7.2, SL.7.1.A, SL.7.1.C, SL.7.2
DOK 2, 3, 4
Text Chunking
Guiding Questions
Sentence Starters & Response Frames
Small Group Support
Graphic Organizers
Visual Glossary
Modeling
Think-a-Louds
Quiz questions, Open-Ended Response Questions, Discussion and Notes
StudySync Skill Lesson on: Central or Main Idea