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Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction Texts
Support your EL students in understanding and identifying the main idea and supporting details in a nonfiction text. This can support the lesson Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details.
This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details lesson plan.
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This lesson can be used as a pre-lesson for the Tip of the Iceberg: Nonfiction Summary Details lesson plan.
Objectives
Academic
Students will be able to summarize key details of nonfiction texts.
Language
Students will be able to identify the main idea and details in a nonfiction text with transition words using sentence frames and a graphic organizer.
Introduction
(2 minutes)
- Tell students that today you'll be discussing main ideas and details.
- Explain that they will be using sentence frames and graphic organizers to help them write about the main idea and details of a nonfiction text.
- Ask students to think about what they know about main idea and details. Give students a moment of think time, then have them discuss their background knowledge with peers.
- Call on a few students to share their background knowledge. Write student responses on the board to revisit later in the lesson.