1. “Life at Home in the 21st Century”
EQ: What is the central idea of “Life at home in the 21st century” and what evidence from the text will support your answer?

2. (Background knowledge)
Topic/Objective: RI.1.1Citing Textual Evidence/RI.1.2 determine the Central Idea Essential Question: What is the central idea of “Life at Home in the 21st Century” and what evidence from the text supports your answer.
Textual Evidence: to use the words, facts or information used by the author to support your analysis of a text.
Draw Inferences/Conclusions- to make a logical assumption (guess) based on
facts from the text and one’s own schema (knowledge and/or experience).
Textual Evidence
Schema
(Background knowledge)
Inference

3. Topic/Objective: RI. 1. 1Citing Textual Evidence/RI. 1
Topic/Objective: RI.1.1Citing Textual Evidence/RI.1.2 determine the Central Idea Essential Question: What is the central idea of “Life at Home in the 21st Century” and what evidence from the text supports your answer.
Central Idea: is the most important idea of a paragraph or a text. It is the main point the author wishes to make.
To determine the central idea:
Step 1: Identify the Person of Interest (character), object, or idea the selection of text
is mostly about 
Step 2: Analyze the most important details about the person or idea
Step 3: Describe what happens to the person or idea. Determine what the author
is attempting to communicate, the meaning behind, or why he/she wrote the text
selection.

4. Main Idea Graphic Organizer