STEP #3 Supporting Details Mrs. Elizabeth Coiman-Lopez, BAT., MS. Houston Community College – Fall 2018

It is the EXTRA information that is needed to make sense of a main idea. Reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain a main idea. PRACTICE: p. 104 Find the 3 major details supporting the main idea that many people are strangely passive when they visit a doctor. What do the fail to do? People fail… DEFINITION P. 103-104

UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105 MAJOR DETAILS: Explain and develop the main idea. They are supported by minor details. They are more general. MINOR DETAILS: Help fill out and make clear the major details. They are more specific. UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105

UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105 PRACTICE: p. 105 After reading the paragraph, the two major details: Two major details are the two ways to relate to people in our lives. 1. to see people as objects: store salesperson, waiter, teacher Get something from them but not concerned about their feelings 2. to see them as subjects: British woman and her gardener Be aware that they have feelings as us NOTE: Major Details are more general than the minor ones. UNDERSTANDING MAJOR & MINOR DETAILS P. 105

You can see clearly the relationship between the main idea and he supporting details. Starts with the main idea. Followed by major supporting details. Sometimes will have minor supporting details. PRACTICE: p. 106 Identify the three major supporting details Identify the minor details Outlining P. 106

TIP 1: Look for words that tell you a list of details is coming List of Words: several kinds of various causes a few reasons a number of a series of three factors four steps among the results several advantages EXAMPLE: p. 107 -Studies reveal several reasons why some children become bullies. -There are two ways to relate to people in our lives. OUTLINING TIPS P. 107

TIP 2: Look for words that signal major details (ADDITION WORDS): List of Addition Words: ONE TO BEGIN WITH ALSO FURTHER FIRST (OF ALL) FOR ONE THING IN ADDITION FURTHERMORE SECOND(LY) OTHER NEXT LAST (OF ALL) THIRD(LY) ANOTHER MOREOVER FINAL (LY) EXAMPLE: P. 108 The word ONE signals the first major supporting detail. Addition Word: ANOTHER signals the second major supporting detail. Addition Word: FINALLY signals the third major supporting detail. OUTLINING TIPS P. 108

TIP 3: When making an outline, put all supporting details of equal importance at the same distance from the left margin. Major supporting details all begin at the same point on the margin Minor supporting details are indented at the same distance from the margin Can see at a glance the main idea, major and minor details For example: MAIN IDEA ❶ Major detail _____ minor detail ____ _minor detail ❷ Major detail ❸ Major detail PRACTICE p. 110-111 OUTLINING TIPS P. 109

Visual outlines in which circles, boxes, or other shapes show the relationships between main ideas and supporting details. 2. Major details are connected to the main idea. 3. Minor details are connected to the major details. Practice: p. 112-114 Four strategies for starting a conversation__ ___ Several factors interfere with memory _______ MAPPING P. 111

It’s a reduction of a large amount of information to its most important points. Length depends on one’s purpose and the material. It has a main idea and major supporting details. GENERAL GUIDELINES: A paragraph: reduced to one or two sentences. An article: reduced to a paragraph. A textbook chapter: reduced to three pages of notes. PRACTICE: p, 115 Summarize examples of key terms. Read paragraph… TWO STEPS: SELECT: only one example to make it clear. CONDENSE: make the example smaller. When studying a chapter: Write the DEFINITIONS with summarized examples of the definitions. Write the list of major supporting details and important minor details. Study notes should clearly show how an example illustrates a definition. Summarizing P. 114-116