Architects of Information · Informational Reading

Main Idea and Supporting Details

Distinguishing between the overarching concept of a text and the specific facts that support it.

Key Questions

  1. 1How can we determine the main idea when it is not explicitly stated in the text?
  2. 2In what ways do supporting details make an author's argument more convincing?
  3. 3How does the main idea of a single paragraph contribute to the main idea of the entire text?

Common Core State Standards

CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.3.2
Grade: 3rd Grade
Subject: English Language Arts
Unit: Architects of Information
Period: Informational Reading

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