1. Main Idea Topic Main Idea Topic Sentence

2. Look at the following paintings. What is the topic? How did you know?

6. Look at the following terms. Can you organize them? How?

7. 1.hamburger 2.zebra 3.pants 4.bear 5.food 6.elephant 7.eggs 8.clothes 9.fries 10.shirt 11.animals 12.skirt

8. Did you think? Food Clothes Animals

9. How did you know that? That is the concept of topic. Topic refers to the very general subject of a paragraph or passage.

10. Look at the next slides can you figure out the topic? Can you figure out the Main Idea?

13. In both slides the topic is Computers, but what is the main idea? In the first slide the main idea is computer parts and in the second slide the main idea is computers and people.

14. When we talk about Topic and Main Idea there is a big difference. Topic is the general idea that is being discussed. Main Idea is what is being said about the topic. Look at the next slide and see if you can tell which one is a topic and which one is a main idea.

15. In addition in most paragraphs there is a topic sentence. What is a topic sentence? The topic sentence of a paragraph is the sentence that captures or states the main idea

16. The best way to find the topic sentence is to follow the steps. Think about the topic Think about the main idea Look for a sentence that states the main idea

17. Look at the following slide can you tell which is a topic and which is the topic sentence.

18. Health Habits There are three types of eating disorders. There are several reasons why you should own a boat. Miami Dade College Students Studying in the morning will give you great results. Dating

19. Reflections # 5 Topic, Main Idea, Topic Sentence What does topic mean? How do you know what the topic is? What is the main idea? What is a topic sentence? How can you identify the topic sentence? How will this info. help you read better?