30-Second Paragraph Purpose: to identify main ideas Method: Display a graph, table, diagram – something visual. Give students 30 seconds to study the graph without writing anything. Remove the graph. Give students 30 seconds to jot down observations, i.e. What do you notice? Ask students to share their observations with a partner, i.e. What did they both notice? Ask each pair to share one observation. Have students write a summary of the main ideas.

C = 12N + 250

What do you notice? linear partial variation there is an equation for the line # guests on x-axis cost on y-axis 6 points on graph equation shows $12 per guest fee of $250 y-intercept is about $250 if no one comes, cost is about $275 100 guests costs about $1500 line is black x-axis goes to about 130 people y-axis goes to about $1800 titles are in purple slope is 12