1. Read the following paragraph.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the following paragraph.
Bullying is an important topic in schools today. There have always been people who put others down, but technology has added a new dimension to bullying. Bullies can find their victims in cyberspace through the use of computers.
Copy the word and slash it apart: D I M E N S I O N
Use context clues to write a possible definition for the word.

2. Read the following paragraph.
Warm-Up: Take a ¼ sheet.
Read the following paragraph.
Bullying is an important topic in schools today. There have always been people who put others down, but technology has added a new dimension to bullying. Bullies can find their victims in cyberspace through the use of computers.
Copy the word and slash it apart: D I /M E N/ S I O N
Definition: Quality or property.

3. Agenda
Objective: Understand what “central idea” is. Question: What are some strategies YOU can use to help you determine central idea? Warm-Up: Dimension Mini-Lesson: Central Idea Stations: Black Widow: Find the central ideas of chapters one and two. Hulk: Complete the Mars article in Achieve Closing: What are some strategies YOU can use to help you determine central idea?

4. Busting Up Bullying
RATA
Central Idea of 1st Section

5. Central Idea

6. Captain America was created to be a symbol of strength against bullies such as the Nazis.
Captain America was fiction.
Steve Rogers was a victim of bullying.
Steve volunteered for an experiment to make him the first “Super Soldier.”
Captain America protected the world from the Nazis.
Captain America remains a symbol of strength.

7. Read the first paragraph of “Busting Up Bullying
Read the first paragraph of “Busting Up Bullying.” Which two of the following options support the central idea in the box below?
Captain America was created to be a symbol of strength, opposing bullies such as the Nazis.
Captain America protected the world from the Nazis.
A. Captain America was fiction.
B. Steve Rogers was a victim of bullying.
C. Steve volunteered for an experiment to make him the first “Super Soldier.”
D. Captain America remains a symbol of strength.

8. Closing
What is the “formula” for central idea?