1. Agenda: 8/22/2017 Opening: EMOJI DISCUSSION
Work Session: Main idea & Paragraph
Closing: 3-2-1

2. Learning Target
To determine the main idea SO I can see the BIG PICTURE in a text.
To distinguish between the key components of a paragraph SO I can better cite evidence to support my analysis of a text.

3. What’s the Big Idea? Learning about Main Idea

4. The paragraph is a series of sentences developing one topic.
The topic of a paragraph is stated in one sentence. This is called the topic sentence.
The paragraph is a series of sentences developing one topic.
The rest of the paragraph consists of sentences that develop or explain the main idea.
main
idea
Through the centuries rats have managed to survive all our efforts to destroy them. We have poisoned them and trapped them. We have fumigated, flooded, and burned them. We have tried germ warfare. Some rats even survived atomic bomb tests conducted on Entwetok atoll in the Pacific after World War II. In spite of all our efforts, these enemies of ours continue to prove that they are the most indestructible of pests.
main idea
sentence
sentence
Every sentence in a paragraph should support the main idea expressed in the topic sentence. Do not use irrelevant information.
concluding
sentence

5. Guiding Questions How do I define main idea?
What are three ways to find the main idea?
Why is locating the main idea important?

6. Defining Main Idea! Main idea equals what the details add up to
topic + what author says about the topic
A general statement that “sums up” the text.
When you read a story and someone asks you “What was that about?” Don’t retell the story, just state the main idea.

7. What are different ways to find the main idea?
Topic Sentence
Implied

8. Topic Sentence
A selection’s most important idea is often found in one sentence. This is called the topic sentence because it contains the main idea of the selection. The topic sentence is usually at the beginning or at the end of a paragraph.

9. What’s the Main Idea?
My fifteen year old sister’s manners are terrible. You should have been there when she ate at our house the other night. She kept reaching across the table for everything without even excusing herself. She burped a dozen times and looked like she was really proud of her achievement. And when we had ice cream sundaes for dessert, she ate hers with her fingers.

10. Prove it! What sentences support or prove your main idea?
Where is your topic sentence?
My fifteen year old sister’s manners are terrible. You should have been there when she ate at our house the other night. She kept reaching across the table for everything without even excusing herself. She burped a dozen times and looked like she was really proud of her achievement. And when we had ice cream sundaes for dessert, she ate hers with her fingers.

11. Supporting Details
My fifteen year old sister’s manners are terrible. You should have been there when she ate at our house the other night. She kept reaching across the table for everything without even excusing herself. She burped a dozen times and looked like she was really proud of her achievement. And when we had ice cream sundaes for dessert, she ate hers with her fingers.

12. Let’s try again! Which sentence states the main idea?
The fish’s body is covered with scales. Thin and flat, scales cut down water resistance allowing easy passage through the water. Their gills extract dissolved oxygen from the water and pass the oxygen to the bloodstream. These are some of the reasons why fish are so efficient in their environment.
Which sentence states the main idea?

13. Details Baby!
What details support or prove your answer?
The fish’s body is covered with scales. Thin and flat, scales cut down water resistance allowing easy passage through the water. Their gills extract dissolved oxygen from the water and pass the oxygen to the bloodstream. These are some of the reasons why fish are so efficient in their environment.

14. Implied Main Idea
Sometimes an author does not directly tell you the main idea, but rather it is suggested.
If you pay attention to the details, you should be able to recognize the implied main idea.

15. Can you figure out the main idea?
The name jeans comes from the sailors in Genoa, Italy, who were nicknamed Genes, as were the denim pants they wore. In America, jeans were pioneered by Levi Strauss during the California Gold Rush of the 1850’s. The miners needed pants that were strong enough to withstand the hard work of digging gold out of the western mountains. So Levi Strauss started making pants out of tent cloth. Now, 150 years later, his company is still at it.

16. Let’s narrow it down!
Remember, the main idea is implied, not stated.
The paragraph is about where the name jeans came from.
The paragraph is about the history of jeans.
The paragraph is about when the first American jeans were made.

17. Supporting Details
The name jeans comes from the sailors in Genoa, Italy, who were nicknamed Genes, as were the denim pants they wore. In America, jeans were pioneered by Levi Strauss during the California Gold Rush of the 1850’s. The miners needed pants that were strong enough to withstand the hard work of digging gold out of the western mountains. So Levi Strauss started making pants out of tent cloth. Now, 150 years later, his company is still at it

18. Yes Ma’am, can I have another?
What is the implied main idea?
One way to manage stress is self hypnosis.  Another relaxation technique is the “relaxation response.”  In this technique, one learns how to quiet the body and mind.  People can also cope with stress using progressive muscular relaxation.  This is a procedure in which muscles are contracted and relaxed systematically.  Other stress reducing practices include yoga, quieting, and diaphragmatic breathing. (Adapted from Hahn and Payne, Focus on Health)

19. Let’s Recap! Define main idea.
What is the difference between an implied main idea and a stated main idea?
Define topic sentence.
Where is the topic sentence typically found?

20. Please use complete sentences.
Count down: 3, 2, 1
Tell me 3 things you learned.
Tell me 2 facts from the presentation.
Tell me one question you still have.
Please use complete sentences.