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What’s the Main Idea?
Playlist Title
In this playlist, you will practice finding the main idea of various passages.
1. Author’s Purpose Activity:
- Answer the questions and choose “Check Answers.”
- The green box will surround the correct answer.
- Click “next” to complete all activities.
- Read or listen to the instructions by clicking on the speaker and click “Play.”
- Click each sentence for help reading.
- Choose the sentence that would be the main idea of a story and drag it to the hamburger.
- The game will verbally tell you if you are correct or not.
- Click “Play Now.”
- Read each passage and click on the answer that you think is the main idea.
- Complete all questions, then click SUBMIT.
- Read the passage and answer the questions about the passage.
- Complete all eight questions.
Author's Purpose Activity
In this game, practice identifying if the author is trying to inform, entertain, or persuade.
The Hamburger Game (Blue Ribbon)
Choose the main idea to provide meat for your sandwich, and win the game!
Main Idea/Supporting Details (Quia)
In this interactive worksheet, practice identifying supporting details that go with the main idea.
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