What are examples of informational texts?

autobiographies, textbooks, feature articles, news articles

What is a second question to ask yourself when finding the central idea of a text?

What is the entire piece mostly about?

Where can you most likely find hints about the main/central idea?

In the title and opening sentences.

What do supporting details do?

Give information about the central idea and help develop it.

What are types of supporting details?

Facts/Statistics, Comparisons, Examples

What is one question to ask yourself when finding the central idea?

What message does the author want the reader to know?

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1
What is the first thing you should do to determine the central idea?
Find the supporting details
Find the theme
Ask yourself,"What does the author want the reader to know?"
Determine the topic.
2
What are examples of informational texts?
narratives, poetry, mystery
myths, fairytales, horror
science fiction, folktales
autobiographies, textbooks, feature articles, news articles
3
What is a second question to ask yourself when finding the central idea of a text?
What is the entire piece mostly about?
What is the purpose for writing?
Is this entertaining?
Who is the author?
4
Where can you most likely find hints about the main/central idea?
In the title and opening sentences.
The last paragraph of the text.
Only the title.
The 4th paragraph of the text.
5
What does "inferred" mean?
Making a smart guess
Just guessing.
Reading the text.
Just pulling information from thin air.
6
Is the central idea obvious?
No, it must be inferred.
The first paragraph always tells you the central idea.
Yes, the author always tells you.
Sometimes, you just need to read the text.
7
What do supporting details do?
Give you more to read.
Is the message in an information text.
Is the message in a literary text.
Give information about the central idea and help develop it.
8
About how many pieces of evidence should you have in a short answer response?
3
1
2
4
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What are types of supporting details?
Setting
Characters
Facts/Statistics, Comparisons, Examples
Plot
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What is one question to ask yourself when finding the central idea?
Who is the author?
What message does the author want the reader to know?
What am I reading?
What is this paragraph about?

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