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Reading Practice:
Identifying Main Ideas
Preciosa Ochogavia
Nelly de Sosa
Rigoberto Gomez
Alcibiades Lobo
The purpose of the paragraph or text
All information in the paragraph should connect to the
main idea
Some information is not as important
Good readers identify key ideas
1. Read the whole text.
2. Ask, “What is the author doing here?”
3. Pay extra attention to the first and last
sentence
Identifying Main Idea
Example
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the
first men to walk on the surface of the moon,
but they were not the last. That was Gene
Cernan, the last man to step off the lunar
surface. In total there have been twelve men
who have walked on the moon, all of whom
had done so between 1969 and 1972, which is
the most recent non-Michael Jackson moon
walking.
Armstrong & Aldrin
First Men on the Moon
Cernan was the
Last Man on the Moon
12 Men Have Walked
On the Moon
This paragraph is about moon walkers.
You must comprehend the text.
Focus on the BIGGEST idea.
Understanding Main Idea
Practice

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Main Idea

  • 1. Reading Practice: Identifying Main Ideas Preciosa Ochogavia Nelly de Sosa Rigoberto Gomez Alcibiades Lobo
  • 2.
  • 3. The purpose of the paragraph or text All information in the paragraph should connect to the main idea Some information is not as important Good readers identify key ideas
  • 4. 1. Read the whole text. 2. Ask, “What is the author doing here?” 3. Pay extra attention to the first and last sentence Identifying Main Idea
  • 5. Example Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first men to walk on the surface of the moon, but they were not the last. That was Gene Cernan, the last man to step off the lunar surface. In total there have been twelve men who have walked on the moon, all of whom had done so between 1969 and 1972, which is the most recent non-Michael Jackson moon walking.
  • 6. Armstrong & Aldrin First Men on the Moon Cernan was the Last Man on the Moon 12 Men Have Walked On the Moon This paragraph is about moon walkers. You must comprehend the text. Focus on the BIGGEST idea. Understanding Main Idea