Reading Skills

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Reading Skills

• Be a better reader
• Better understand what you read

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Warm up

• On a scale of 1 5, how well do you read?
• On a scale of 1 5, how well do you understand
  what you read?

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Whats the big idea?

• Main idea the central idea of a reading
  selection
• What the passage is all about

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Its easy.
Edward Scissorhands In your notes. tell me
about the movie in one sentence.
All of these descriptions include the main idea
and some important details.
Without the main idea and details, would the
movie make sense?
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Even cartoons use main idea
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Get into groups of three

• Take a copy of the comic strips and choose a
  main idea for each

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Reading passages also revolve around a main idea

• USUALLY, the main idea is near the beginning of
  the paragraph.
• Can also be in the title

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Turn your worksheet over

• Read the article
• Circle the main idea
• Underline the details that support the main
• idea

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• What is the main idea?
• Where in the article did you find information
  that helped you identify the main idea?
• What details support the main idea?

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Homework

• Read the selection
• Answer the question in a short answer format

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Main idea

• Pop Quiz today

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Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.

• ___ In New Mexico, Governor Tony Anaya called
  himself the nations highest elected Hispanic
  officer and worked to create a national Hispanic
  force.
• ___ Hispanics slowly extended their political
  gains
• ___ Hispanic political progress

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Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.

• ___ One door and usually no more than a single
  window provided light and air.
• ___ For poor farm families, life on the plains
  meant a sod house or a dugout carved out of the
  hillside for protection from the winds.
• ___ Sod houses on the plains

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Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.

• ___ Babbage and the Countess
• ___ If Babbage was the father of the computer,
  the Ada, the Countess of Lovelace, was the first
  computer programmer.
• ___ The daughter of the English poet Lord Byron,
  Ada helped develop the instructions for doing
  computations on Babbages computer.

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Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.

• D In New Mexico, Governor Tony Anaya called
  himself the nations highest elected Hispanic
  officer and worked to create a national Hispanic
  force.
• M Hispanics slowly extended their political
  gains
• T Hispanic political progress

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Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.

• M One door and usually no more than a single
  window provided light and air.
• D For poor farm families, life on the plains
  meant a sod house or a dugout carved out of the
  hillside for protection from the winds.
• T Sod houses on the plains

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Identify the topic, supporting detail, and main
idea for each group.

• T Babbage and the Countess
• M If Babbage was the father of the computer,
  the Ada, the Countess of Lovelace, was the first
  computer programmer.
• D The daughter of the English poet Lord Byron,
  Ada helped develop the instructions for doing
  computations on Babbages computer.

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Some main ideas are not spelled out
You have to make inferences.
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What can you infer about the little girl in the
picture? What clues help you come to
that?(details) Why is she smiling?(draw a
conclusion?)
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What can you infer about the children in the
picture? What clues help you come to
that?(details) How does each set of children
feel?(draw a conclusion?)
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If you see this..

• It is something you should write!!!
• Are these the ONLY things you should write?

NO!
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Main Idea

• Review
• What does the main idea sound like?
• a) a chapter
• b) a title or headline
• c) a question

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• When does the main idea USUALLY appear in a
  sentence?
• a) the end
• b) the middle
• c) the beginning

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Now that we have the main idea and supporting
details

• What do we do with them??
• Read better more focused on reading
• Write better keep writing more focused

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Read better

• Worksheets Roy G. Biv

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• Reading in the Content Areas packet
• p. 25 26
• p. 67 68

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How to answer questions better

• Are the answers in the text?

Right there The answer is straight from the text
you can underline it ONCE YOU FIND IT
Think and search You will need to put pieces of
information from the text together to get the
answer
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• Are the answers in my head?

Author and You The answer is not in the text.
You must connect the text information to things
you already know
On my Own Reading the text is not necessary to
answer these questions. Many times it is your
opinion
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The three basic rock types include igneous,
metamorphic, and sedimentary. Igneous rocks, such
as basalt and obsidian, were once molten.
Metamorphic rocks, like marble and granite, were
formed by a combination of heat and pressure.
Sedimentary rocks, such as limestone and shale,
were the result of slow deposits beneath bodies
of water.
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What types of questions are these?

• What is one type of sedimentary rock?

Right there
Were sedimentary rocks ever molten?
Think and search
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What types of questions are these?

• Which type of rock do you think is most
  plentiful?

On my own
What type of rock might you find near a volcano ?
Author and you
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Other ways to ask for the main idea

• What is the author trying to say?
• What is the point the author is trying to make?
• What does the author want the reader to
  understand?
• What is the central focus?

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Now that we have the main idea and supporting
details

• What do we do with them??
• Read better more focused on reading
• Write better keep writing more focused

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Write better
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Or..

• Outlining
• Main idea 1
• A. supporting detail
• B. supporting detail
• Main idea 2
• A. supporting detail
• B. supporting detail

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Your turn

• Worksheet Roy G. Biv
• Take notes (outline) paragraphs B, C, and D
  using which strategy works best for you.

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Paragraph B
House and Garden annual survey
ManufacturersDesignersEditorsReaders Come up
with an annual color palette
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Paragraph C
56 colors on the palette
Few have names connected to Roy G. Biv Dessert
theme (many examples)
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Paragraph D
Many names are unclear (INFERRED)
Wafted feather?? Names that are too creative can
be a problem
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But this isnt writing?

• Just reverse the process
• Plan your writing using main idea and
• supporting details in the proper order.

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Your turn

• Writing prompt
• You are a student reporter for the local
  newspaper. In an editorial, explain why
  thermostat temperature should be set higher in
  this building. Be sure to use specific details.

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You are a student reporter for the local
newspaper. In an editorial, explain why
thermostat temperature should be set higher in
this building. Be sure to use specific details.

• Start at the beginning

Topic Main idea
School temperature
Why the thermostat should be set higher in this
building
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Now plan your writing using main idea
andsupporting details in the proper order.

• Main Idea 1A. supporting detailB. supporting
  detail
• Main Idea 2A. supporting detailB. supporting
  detail

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RAFTS

• ROLE of the writer (student) helps the writer
  decide on the point of view or voice.
• AUDIENCE for the writing reminds the writer
  that he/she must communicate ideas to someone
  else.
• FORMAT of the writing helps the writer organize
  ideas as asked in the prompt.
• TOPIC of the writing helps the writer focus on
  the correct task.
• STRONG VERB reminds the writer of appropriate
  voice and writing purpose

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From Land of Dreams

• It is 1850. You are (Kirstin or Johan), a
  teenager from
• Sweden. Several years ago, your family immigrated
  to the
• United States to find a better life. Your family
  now farms in
• North Dakota.
• Yesterday you received a letter from your cousin
  in
• Sweden. Your cousin misses you and wants to know
  about
• your new life in North Dakota.
• In a letter, describe the similarities and
  differences
• between living in North Dakota and Sweden. Be
  sure to
• compare your home, school, family traditions, and
• community events for your cousin.

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From The Island
Imagine you are Anne Kelliher, reporter for
the PINEWOOD CALLER. You have just interviewed 15
year old Wil Neuton, who has spent his summer
alone on Sucker Lake. You are impressed with his
interest in nature and his desire to be
introspective. In fact, through your interview,
you have come to see him as a modern day
Thoreau. Write a feature story that captures
Wils personality, his insights, and his
relationship with the environment. Be sure to
include several quotations from your interview as
well as a description of Sucker Island.
Audience not clearly stated, but inferred
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You are a student reporter for the local
newspaper. In an editorial, explain why
thermostat temperature should be set higher in
this building. Be sure to use specific details.
R A F T S
Student Reporter
People who read the newspaper
Editorial
School temperature
Explain
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Homework

• You are the person in charge of buildings and
  grounds for the Seaford School District. In a
  response to the editorial written earlier,
  explain why the thermostat must remain at 68. Be
  sure to use specific details in your response.

Plan and identify the main idea and the
supporting details, and use RAFTS.