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Literary texts include...
Text Books
Articles
Novels
The News
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Theme is...
The main events in the story
Vocabulary found in the story
What the story is mostly about
The lesson learned in the story
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What is the first step in finding the main idea?
highlight the major events in the story
highlight the main idea of each paragraph
create a summary of the highlighted text
circle the words that you don't know
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How do you feel about finding the main idea?
I need a lot of help
noooooooooooooope
I understand it completely and could teach it to someone else
I understand it but I still need help
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In literary texts, you find the...
Theme
Main Idea
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What is "text evidence"?
Supporting details
it is not a real thing
The background of the author
Only the dialog
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In informational texts, you find...
Main Idea
Theme
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Informational texts include...
Nothing, they aren't real
Text Books
Novels
Stories about an author
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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is a literary text
True
False
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What are the supporting details in an informational text?
The topic sentence of every paragraph
The first sentence of every paragraph
The highlighted portions of the text
The main idea of each paragraph
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An article that tells you about a certain topic is an informational text
False
True
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What is Ms. Nutt's first name?
Ashley
Ms. Nutt
Sara
Natalie
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A summary should include very small details.
True
False
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Main idea and theme are the same thing
True
False
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Supporting details and text evidence are the same thing
False
True
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Theme is found in...??
Literary text
Informational text
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What should you always include in the first sentence when you summarize a literary text?
Characters
Plot
Text Evidence
Theme
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What is "main idea"?
What the story is mostly about
The characters in the story
Why the author wrote the story
Where the story takes place
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what is the last step in finding the theme of a literary text?
decide who the main character is
a sentence that tells how the main character is affected by the events
circle the words that you don't know
highlight the major events in the story
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How do you find the main idea of each paragraph in an informational text?
There isn't a main idea in each paragraph
You circle the words you do not know
Highlight the last sentence of every paragraph
Highlight the first sentence of every paragraph
