Keystone

LF.1.1.1 Author's Purpose

Intro Video Mini Lesson with Notes

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Intro Video Mini Lesson with notes: THEME

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What is the theme?

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The Ungrateful Son By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm Once a man was sitting with his wife before their front door. They had a roasted chicken which they were about to eat together. Then the man saw that his aged father was approaching, and he hastily took the chicken and hid it, for he did not want to share it with him. The old man came, had a drink, and went away. Now the son wanted to put the roasted chicken back onto the table, but when he reached for it, it had turned into a large toad, which jumped into his face and sat there and never went away again. If anyone tried to remove it, it looked venomously at him as though it would jump into his face, so that no one dared to touch it. And the ungrateful son was forced to feed the toad every day, or else it would eat from his face. And thus he went to and fro in the world without rest. The theme of The Ungrateful Son is implied because *

It is indirectly stated, and the reader has to determine the theme through the actions of the characters. It is explicitly stated and the reader does not have to guess at all. It is obvious and doesn't require much thought. None of the above

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Intro Video Mini Lesson with notes: MAIN IDEA

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Intro:

QUESTION: What is "evidence" of the main idea?
ANSWER: Standardized tests often ask students to identify evidence for a particular main idea. To teach students how to do this, first clarify three key terms.

TOPIC: The topic is simply the subject of the passage (e.g., panda or panda cub). The topic can be stated in 1-2 words.
MAIN IDEA: Although the topic is a couple of words, the main idea is always a sentence. It's the most important or overall point the author is making. The topic (e.g., panda cub) is embedded in the main-idea sentence. But the rest of the sentence more narrowly reveals a specific facet or perspective of the topic (e.g., Panda cub is ready for public debut).
EVIDENCE: Evidence of the main idea includes the words, phrases, and sentences within the original text that repeat or reiterate the sentiment of the main-idea sentence.

Guided Practice

Main Idea Panda News

The headline is a main-idea sentence as it's what the passage is mostly about. Read aloud the article, pausing to highlight any reference to the panda, cub, ready, public, and debut (all the words from the headline). Any time one of those words--or a synonym--pops up, highlight it.

Finding evidence of the main-idea headline.
After reading through the entire article, it may look something like this. Now Think Aloud and justify how the evidence you've highlighted supports the original main-idea headline (e.g., key points are repeated in different words, they exist throughout the article, etc.).

Individual Practice

Now, you get to do both. Locate a recent news article and print it. Read the entire article and then reread it, stopping to highlight the repetitious words, phrases, and details.
Using those words and phrases, craft a main-idea sentence inferring what the article is mostly about. Then, all those highlighted details become the evidence to support your main idea.

LF.1.1.1 Author's Purpose

Intro Video Mini Lesson with Notes

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What's the Purpose?

Intro Video Mini Lesson with notes: THEME

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What is the theme?

Intro Video Mini Lesson with notes: MAIN IDEA

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Intro:

Guided Practice

The headline is a main-idea sentence as it's what the passage is mostly about. Read aloud the article, pausing to highlight any reference to the panda, cub, ready, public, and debut (all the words from the headline). Any time one of those words--or a synonym--pops up, highlight it.

Individual Practice

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RACES

Strategy for writing Constructed Responses for the Keystone Literature Exam

LF.1.1.1 Author's Purpose

Intro Video Mini Lesson with Notes

Guided Practice

Individual Practice

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What's the Purpose?

Intro Video Mini Lesson with notes: THEME

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Individual Practice

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What is the theme?

Intro Video Mini Lesson with notes: MAIN IDEA

Guided Practice

Individual Practice

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Intro:

Guided Practice

The headline is a main-idea sentence as it's what the passage is mostly about. Read aloud the article, pausing to highlight any reference to the panda, cub, ready, public, and debut (all the words from the headline). Any time one of those words--or a synonym--pops up, highlight it.

Individual Practice

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RACES

Strategy for writing Constructed Responses for the Keystone Literature Exam

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