Main Idea and Supporting Details What’s the BIG IDEA?

Objectives: We will be able to… Identify the main idea and supporting details in a text Use a prewriting plan to develop a draft with main idea(s) and supporting details

Key Vocabulary Objective – our goal; what we are trying to do Identify the main idea and supporting details in a text Objective – our goal; what we are trying to do Identify – to find out something Main Idea – the central point of a piece of writing Supporting Details – sentences that give more information about the main idea Text – a piece of writing

Key Vocabulary Develop – to create and improve Objective: Use a prewriting plan to develop a draft with main idea(s) and supporting details Develop – to create and improve Prewriting plan – a plan of your ideas for a writing topic before you draft Draft – a version of a piece of writing

Why is this important? Reading Writing You know to look for a central point when reading You understand what you’re reading You find specific information in interesting text You know what the author is trying to say Writing You deliver a clear message to your audience You improve your writing with more detail

So what exactly is the Main Idea? The central point the author is trying to make The main topic the author is talking about The big idea the author wants you to get The main focus of a piece of writing

So what exactly is the Main Idea? The main idea can be: an opinion an argument a general idea a topic of information a theme a lesson or message

So what exactly are supporting details? Sentences that support the main idea Give more information about the topic Help explain and prove the author’s point

Water Water can take many forms. Large bodies of water, like The Gulf of Mexico are the liquid form of water. Water can also be hard like a rock. When in its frozen form, water is ice like giant glaciers or ice cubes in a glass of water. Water vapor, like steam coming from a tea kettle, is the gas form of water. There is water vapor in clouds. Water can be liquid, solid, or a gas.

Main Idea Water can take many forms.

Supporting Details Large bodies of water, like The Gulf of Mexico are the liquid form of water.

Supporting Details When in its frozen form, water is ice like giant glaciers or ice cubes in a glass of water.

Supporting Details Water vapor, like steam coming from a tea kettle, is the gas form of water.

Main Idea Water can be liquid, solid, or a gas.

Water Water can take many forms. Large bodies of water, like The Gulf of Mexico are the liquid form of water. Water can also be hard like a rock. When in its frozen form, water is ice like giant glaciers or ice cubes in a glass of water. Water vapor, like steam coming from a tea kettle, is the gas form of water. There is water vapor in clouds. Water can be liquid, solid, or a gas.