“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?

(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

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.

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