finding main idea powerpoint middle school

... terrible boss. I really don’t like him. He just can’t get along with people. And he has stupid ideas about politics. Why is the first paragraph so much better? Because it’s not just opinion. ... rate.”  How Much Context Do You Need? In the previous example, you would still be able to understand the main message of the passage even if you didn’t know—or couldn’t figure out—the meaning of obscure...

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... and how. ■ Lesson 2: Find the main idea. You learned about topic sentences and how they express an assertion about the subject of the paragraph. You saw how the main idea must be general enough ... All Together LESSON SUMMARY This lesson reviews what you learned in Lessons 1–4: getting the facts, finding the main idea, determining what words mean in context, and distinguishing between fact and opinion. ... paragraph; it is the thought that controls the paragraph, and the other sentences work to support that main idea. ■ Lesson 3: Determine the meaning of words from context. You practiced looking for clues...

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... following best summarizes the main idea of the passage? a. Teenagers love to eat fast food more than any- thing else. b. School cafeterias should serve veggie burgers. c. School cafeterias should ... low- fat lunch option that a school cafeteria can serve. Only c is general and factual enough to encompass the whole paragraph. 5. True. This sentence expresses the main idea. 6. True. This sentence ... means a. permanent, impossible to remove. b. fleeting, brief. c. troubling, disturbing. 12. The main idea of this paragraph is best expressed in which sentence in the paragraph? 13. Indicate whether...

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... last. Second, you can tell by the use of transitional words and phrases, which signal a shift from one idea to the next. Here is the same paragraph with the transitional words underlined: This year’s ... damaged in a fire six months ago. An ener- getic committee of eight community members came up with the idea of the International Dinner to raise funds to repair the damages. The plan was to cel- ebrate ... was damaged in a fire six months ago. ■ A committee of eight community members came up with the idea of the International Dinner to raise funds for repairs. ■ The plan was to serve foods that...

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... until at last, you reach the president. Likewise, in writing, ideas may be arranged in order of importance. In this pattern, which idea comes first? Not the one that happened first, but the one ... damaged in a fire six months ago. An ener- getic committee of eight community members came up with the idea of the International Dinner to raise funds to repair the damages. The plan was to cel- ebrate ... was damaged in a fire six months ago. ■ A committee of eight community members came up with the idea of the International Dinner to raise funds for repairs. ■ The plan was to serve foods that...

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... stated main idea. If you recall from Lesson 2, a main idea is defined as an assertion about the subject that controls or holds together all the ideas in the passage. There- fore, the main idea must ... time, an inference about the main idea or point of the passage. LESSON Finding the Implied Main Idea LESSON SUMMARY This lesson shows you how to determine the main idea of a passage in which the ... expresses their main idea, many times, they simply omit that sentence and instead provide a series of clues through structure and language to get their ideas across. Finding an implied main idea is much...

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... sub-par education within institutions and specialized schools. In some cases, parents were forced to pay for private schools because public schools did not provide appropriate educational settings ... known as Mental Retardation) through the dissemination of a national survey to 6,000 middle school students in 47 school districts across 26 states. The researchers reasoned that contact with and ... EDUCATION MIDDLE SCHOOL TEACHERS SUPPORT THE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS by Rebecca Lee Canges A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC ROSSIER SCHOOL...

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... Door to Diversity: Voices from the Middle School (Resource Guide). 1999. Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association. Page 17 Lessons for the Middle School Classroom 6 6 6 Diversity of ... problem of bullying. Page 57 Lessons for the Middle School Classroom 6 6 6 Page 59 Lessons for the Middle School Classroom 6 6 6 Recommended Titles for Middle School Youth The resources listed below ... Diversity: Voices from the Middle School (Resource Guide). 1999. Westerville, OH: National Middle School Association. NOTE: This lesson is particularly useful in the beginning of the school year to help...

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... bracket”? a. It’s the main idea of the whole passage. b. It’s the main idea of paragraph 3. c. It’s a supporting idea for the main idea of the whole passage. d. It’s a supporting idea for paragraph ... parentheses): Main idea (1) Detail (2) Example (3) Detail (4) Example (5, 6) DISTINGUISHING MAIN IDEAS FROM SUPPORTING IDEAS If you’re not sure whether something is a main idea or supporting idea, ask ... you can deter- mine: 1. The overall main idea 2. The main idea of each paragraph (major supporting ideas) 3. Minor supporting ideas Be careful—the overall main idea is not where you might expect...

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... source domain and Health as the tar- get (test) domain. 4. Health to Tourism (H→T) where Health is used as the source domain and Tourism as the target (test) domain. In each case, the target domain ... is used as the source domain and Tourism as the target (test) domain. 2. SemCor to Health (SC→H) where SemCor is used as the source domain and Health as the tar- get (test) domain. 3. Tourism to ... of adapting from a generic/mixed domain to a spe- cific domain, it is better to completely ignore the generic examples and use hand-tagged data from the target domain itself. The main rea- son for the contrasting...

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... advocacy organization, the Alliance focuses on issues of concern to middle and high schools, including adolescent literacy , school leadership , college preparation, dropout reduction, and the ... advocacy organization, the Alliance focuses on issues of concern to middle and high schools, including adolescent literacy, school leadership, college preparation, dropout reduction, and the use ... writing of adolescents in middle and high schools 19 I nquiry Activities (Effect Size = 0.32) Inquiry means engaging students in activities that help them develop ideas and content for a particular...

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... 13 2006 10 2004 5 2008 SCHOOL HEALTH PROFILES: NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS 7 NUTRITION POLICIES ã Themajorityofschools(middleschools,junior/seniorcombinedandhighschools,collectively) report ... PERCENT High School 2008 44 Middle School 2008 27 Junior/Senior Combined 2008 NA Overall 2008 33 90 2008 SCHOOL HEALTH PROFILES: NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS QUESTION 68. At your school, ... smokeless tobacco (96%) in most high schools while over 90% of middle schools have such policies. 2008 SCHOOL HEALTH PROFILES: NORTH CAROLINA MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS 35 QUESTION 28. Does the tobacco...

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