Bahasa Inggris 1 Disusun oleh: Pikir Wisnu Wijayanto, M.Hum Fihrin Zuhrufillah, M.Pd Yuningsih, S.S Prodi D3 Manajemen Informatika Fakultas Ilmu Terapan Universitas Telkom

Basic Competency : The students are able to develop their ability of understanding the reading skills in English text Topic : Reading Strategies Sub topic : Determining and Constructing Main Idea, Supporting Details Meeting: 8 th

Competencies and Indicators BasicIntermediateAdvance Able to determine main idea of passage and details supported Able to determine and construct main idea of passage but details supported Able to determine and construct main idea of passage and details supported

Warming up Activity… Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America. It is on the Niagara River halfway between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Niagara Falls is located on the American and Canadian border. The American Falls is 167 feet high. On the Canadian side, the Horseshoe Falls is 161 feet high

Warming up Activity… Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America. It is on the Niagara River halfway between Lake Ontario and Lake Erie. Niagara Falls is located on the American and Canadian border. The American Falls is 167 feet high. On the Canadian side, the Horseshoe Falls is 161 feet high Niagara Falls is one of the most beautiful sights in North America

Determining Main Idea The main idea is the “big point” or the most important idea that the writer is communicating to the reader Main Idea - is like the heart of the text or a paragraph and It is the controlling idea All the other supporting details in the text or within a paragraph should tell us more about the main idea

Ask yourself… Who or what is this passage about? Wash Publishing Co. 2009

Determining Main Idea Many paragraphs have topic sentences that indicate the main idea. A paragraph has a stated main idea usually in the topic sentence. This means the paragraph “says” what the main idea is.

Find the topic sentence in this paragraph and Identify supporting details Homeless people have many problems. In winter, it’s hard to stay warm and it gets too hot in summer. It’s also hard to keep things safe without a home. Worst is the lack of privacy

Constructing Main Idea A whole-to-part approach 1. Use the title, headings, graphics, and apparent topic sentence to hypothesize the main idea 2. Check the hypotheses by seeing if the details support it A part-to-whole approach 1. Notice the key details 2. See how the details are related

Use the title or heading to make a hypothesis as to what the main idea is Read sentence and see whether supports the hypothesis. If not, revise the hypothesis See what all or most of the sentences have in common or are talking about (if can’t make a hypothesis as to what main idea is) Select a sentence or make a sentence that tells what all the sentences are about Steps of Constructing Main Idea

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