Video 3: Watch Leslie teach a lesson on highlighting details that support main idea using an article.

Lesson 9. Identify Main Idea and Details

• Prompts for Identifying Main Idea and Details
• Write-About-Reading Template: Main Idea
• Excerpts to Write About: “A Hurricane Arrives” From Violent Skies: Hurricanes by Chris Oxlade
• Look for Signal Words When Determining Main Idea!

Lesson 10. Understand Topics and Subtopics

• Write-About-Reading Template: Topic Sentences
• Excerpts to Write About: “White Death” From Avalanche! The Deadly Slide by Jane Duden
• On the Lookout for Key Details: What Are Some Things Look for?

Lesson 11. Determine Central Ideas: Details

• Prompts for Noticing Central Ideas
• Write-About-Reading Template: Think About the Central Idea
• Excerpt to Write About: “How Does a Chameleon Change Its Color?” From How Come? Planet Earth by Kathy Wollard
• Write-About-Reading Template: Writing a Paragraph About Main Idea and Key Details

Lesson 12. Determine Multiple Ideas in a Text

• Prompts for Helping Readers Notice Multiple Main Ideas
• Write-About-Reading Template: State the Central Idea
• Excerpts to Write About: Years of Dust: The Story of the Dust Bowl by Albert Marrin
• Write-About-Reading Template: Multiple Main Ideas