Information Investigators: Non-Fiction and Research · Informational Writing

Main Idea and Supporting Evidence

Distinguishing between the central point of a text and the details used to support it.

Key Questions

  1. 1What is the most important message the author wants the reader to remember?
  2. 2How do specific facts build a stronger argument for the main idea?
  3. 3Which details are essential and which are just interesting extras?

Ontario Curriculum Expectations

ON: Reading - Grade 3
Grade: Grade 3
Subject: Language Arts
Unit: Information Investigators: Non-Fiction and Research
Period: Informational Writing

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