A slide show with thirty-nine slides explaining and giving examples of topics, main ideas and supporting details within an informational text.

This downloadable slideshow focuses on main ideas and supporting details including definitions, identification, and practicing with paragraphs. RI.9-10.2 central idea/summary

This graphic organizer can be used with students when they read informational text. Students will write the main idea in a central oval and then write four details that support the main idea of this reproducible graphic organizer.

Ten slides explaining how to identify main ideas and details within a text.

This graphic organizer will help students analyze nonfiction pieces. Students will use the graphic organizer to guide them as they identify the central idea and supporting details.

A printable pyramid for use with nonfiction texts while students identify the main ideas and supporting details within a text. Students also determine author's purpose and key vocabulary words. Directions on how to use this type of...

This lesson explains how to identify key question words and phrases. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.