Scholastic
Lesson 1: What Are Barriers?
Scholars discuss the concept of a barrier with a short passage on Jackie Robinson. The writing process begins with a paragraph and several other sentences about Robinson's unique traits that made breaking a barrier...
Shmoop
ELA.CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.9-10.9
With a nice description of what the standard means, an idea for a class activity, and a quiz with answers, this resource should deepen your (and your pupils') understanding of the targeted Common Core standard. The provided activity is...
Curated OER
Proofreading: Lesson 9
Eighth graders participate in writing a descriptive paragraph with a main idea and supporting details. They generate correct mechanics and spelling while writing this paragraph. When finished, they complete a rubric (that is included...
Curated OER
How Do Living Things Compete?
In this living things worksheet, students will brainstorm and fill in a graphic organizer focusing on the main idea of how living things compete. Then students will add four details to support their main idea.
Curated OER
What Are Galaxies and Constellations?
In this space worksheet, students write 1 main idea and 4 supporting details about what are galaxies and constellations. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
What Are Newton's Laws?
In this Newton's laws worksheet, students write in 1 main idea and 4 supporting details about Newton's laws of motion. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
What's New in the News?
Pupils explore the news. They research Internet news sites, newspapers, and magazines and select four areas to summarize. They simulate a news announcer by summarizing the news and including supporting details for a particular day.
Curated OER
How Does Thermal Energy Spread?
In this thermal energy worksheet, students will brainstorm a main idea on how thermal energy is spread and then they will write in three details that support their main idea.
Curated OER
How Do Nitrogen and Water Cycle?
In this nitrogen and water cycle worksheet, students will brainstorm a main idea about the nitrogen cycle or the water cycle. Then the student will write in three details that support their main idea.
Curated OER
Miss Nelson is Missing/Miss Nelson is Back
Learners use simple strategies to determine the meaning of a story and to increase their vocabulary. Students understand the use of multiple meaning words, synonyms, and antonyms. Learners determine the main idea and identify relevant...
Curated OER
Reading Strategies for Elementary Students
Students practice using strategies to help them read. They participate in activities that help them sound out words and determining the main idea. They also examine good and bad reading habits.
Curated OER
Reading Logs - Practice Creates Efficiency
Students examine how to identify the main idea and supporting details of a reading selection. They keep a reading log of what they read each day, reviewing their reading selections with the class.
Curated OER
What is Light?
In this light worksheet, students write in 1 main idea and 2 supporting details that describe light. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
Let's Sum It Up
Students summarize a selected piece of nonfiction text as a group. After reviewing the instructors preferred method for summarizing information by identifying the main idea and supporting details, groups write a summary paragraph of a...
Curated OER
What is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
In this electromagnetic spectrum worksheet, students will brainstorm a main idea about this spectrum and then write in 3 supporting details. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
Cloze Instruction And Herringbone Technique
Learners sort out important information and create a visual framework for reviewing in the future. They organize a large quantity of information thus helping with learning and remembering details, cause and effect, comparison and...
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Analyzing Literary Elements in Fiction
Young scholars analyze the characters and events in fictional writing. In this literary elements lesson, students study the meaning of the words characterization and fiction. They listen to the story Pigsty by Mark Teague, or any other...
Curated OER
If I Could Have Lived in Another Time or Culture
Third graders develop multi-paragraph compositions. They include an introduction, first and second level support, and a conclusion. They use a variety of sentence structures (e.g., simple, compound/complex) and sentence types (i.e.,...
Curated OER
Transcendentalism and Epiphany in Ray Bradbury's Dandelion Wine
Twelfth graders examine the characteristics of transcendentalism. In this transcendentalism lesson, 12th graders determine what this type of writing entails before reading a passage from, Ray Bradbury's, Dandelion Wine. They cite three...
Curated OER
Can We Switch Genders of Story Characters?
Students read and review the main elements of a story. In this language arts lesson, students predict what the story read to them would have been like if the genders of the characters had been different. Students write a new...
Curated OER
Team Word Web
Fifth graders brainstorm topics related to theme in order to see how they relate to each other. Each student will contribute concepts and details, and identify relationships between these to create a word web.
Curated OER
What Are Stars Like?
In this stars worksheet, students write in 1 main idea and 3 supporting details that describe stars. This worksheet is a graphic organizer.
Curated OER
Identify Virginia Native Animals
Students practice using an online encyclopedia to research native animals to Virginia. Using the information from the encyclopedia, they identify the main and supporting ideas. They share their information with the class using the...
University of California
Impact of the California Missions on Native Americans
While the Spanish claimed to bring civilization to California indigenous peoples, in reality, they also brought violence and forced assimilation to European values. Primary sources, such as the reports of Catholic priests and Europeans...