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Finding the Main Idea: Little Women

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Whether or not your class is reading Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, you can use this exercise as the basis of a mini-lesson on how to determine the main idea of a passage or as a pre-test to assess mastery of the skill. A graphic organizer and an answer key are included.

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8th - 10th
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English Language Arts
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Discussion Guide for Little Women

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Start with the question in mind with a discussion activity on Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. With four focus questions, note-taking prompts, and discussion points, readers practice answering thematic questions based on textual evidence.
6th - 12th English Language Arts
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Worksheet

Little Women: Helping Father

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Jo's decision to sell her hair to bringing her wounded father home is a pivotal and poignant scene from Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Class members read the excerpt and answer four questions about the details, vocabulary, and plot...
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Find the Main Idea

Curated OER
Can your class find the main idea for the short passages provided here? Not only do they identify the main idea out of four selections, but they must also write a supporting idea for their choice. The answer sheet provides example...
7th - 9th English Language Arts
Organizer

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer: Finding the Main Idea

Curated OER
After reading chapter 17 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, give this graphic organizer to your kids to find the main idea. The circles are small and will probably spark complaints, but the main idea should never be lengthy; it should be...
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Worksheet

Find the Main Idea in Romeo and Juliet

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Finding the main idea in a text can be rather difficult! Work with your class and develop this skill. This resource contains an excerpt from Act II, Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet, and the reader must identify the main idea of Juliet's...
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Lesson Plan

Teaching Guide: Exploring Little Women

Digital Public Library of America
Louisa May Alcott's Little Women is a literary masterpiece as well as a timestamp of the formative mid-nineteenth century in America. Using a primary source set of photographs, letters, and portraits, readers discuss the ways...
6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

Becoming a Writer | Little Women

PBS
How much of Jo's relationship with her writing is based on Louisa May Alcott's struggle to keep both her artistic integrity and her family finances afloat? Watch a short clip from a longer documentary on the author of Little Women that...
2 mins 6th - 12th English Language Arts
Instructional Video

Defying Convention | Little Women

PBS
Jo's decision not to marry her childhood friend Laurie broke the hearts of many readers—but it also represented Little Women's successful break from traditional nineteenth-century gender roles. A short clip illustrates Jo's desire to...
3 mins 6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Adaptable
Instructional Video

An Iconic Character | Little Women

PBS
As Amy lament's Jo's decision to rid herself of her singular beauty, Marmee puts a hand to her mouth, awed by her daughter's generosity. Watch the pivotal scene from a Masterpiece production of Little Women, and lead a language arts...
2 mins 6th - 12th English Language Arts
CCSS: Designed
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Little Women

Feedbooks
The March sisters (Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy) have delighted readers for more 100 years—and they continue gaining young fans every day. An eBook of the classic novel, Little Women, provides a more modern look, but it does so without...
6th - 8th English Language Arts
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