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Valentine's Day Main Idea and Text Structure Review WorksheetValentine's Day Main Idea and Text Structure Review Worksheet
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4th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Valentine's Day Main Idea and Text Structure Review

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To demonstrate their understanding of a main idea and of text structures, learners read six paragraphs, draft a sentence explaining the main idea of the passage, create a title for the passage, and form a graphic organizer that represents the text structure.

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Concepts

valentine's day, Holidays

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Ask readers to highlight the key words and phrases that indicate the text structure used
  • The worksheet can be used for an in-class assessment or as a homework assignment

 

Pros

  • Readers are sure to be engaged by the subtle and not-so-subtle humor of the Valentine-themed passages
  • An interactive assessment is attached

Cons

  • None

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