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I Can Identify a Nonfiction Writer's Main Idea and Supporting Examples OrganizerI Can Identify a Nonfiction Writer's Main Idea and Supporting Examples Organizer
Publisher
Polk Bros Foundation
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Printables & Templates
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
15 mins
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Year
2005
Organizer

I Can Identify a Nonfiction Writer's Main Idea and Supporting Examples

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Use this page to quickly identify the central idea of a text and organize ideas for writing an informational or explanatory text. The worksheet is split into two parts. In the first part, pupils note down the main idea and supporting details from an informational text they read. In the second part, they mimic the same format, but include information about what they will write instead.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

main ideas, central ideas, supporting details, details, textual evidence, evidence

Additional Tags

main idea, Informational Text, supporting details, central idea, textual evidence, english language arts

Pros

  • The format of the page will help individuals see the relationship between the texts they read and the texts they write

Cons

  • There isn't much space to write, and no call for direct textual evidence

Common Core

RI.6.2 RI.7.2 RI.8.1 RI.9-10.2 RI.11-12.2 W.6.2.a W.7.2.a W.8.2.a W.9-10.2.a W.11-12.2.a

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