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Showing Results for identifying the main topic in non fiction texts

Use this lesson to help your ELs understand main idea and supporting details. They'll analyze non-fiction word, sentence, and paragraph structures. It can be a stand-alone lesson or a support lesson to the In Search of Main Ideas lesson.

Main ideas and Details

EL students will practice using sentence frames to write about main idea and details.

Reading Fiction: Main Idea and Details

Learners compare two fiction stories for characters, setting, and plot in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Comparing Two Fiction Texts

Children practice identifying and writing a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a conclusion in this narrative writing worksheet.

Topic Sentence

Did you know that comparative tasks improve comprehension and help students develop higher order thinking skills? In this lesson, students will compare nonfiction texts on the same topic using Venn diagrams and performance!

Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic

Use this activity with your students to compare themes between fiction texts.

Head to Head Fiction: Themes

In this lesson, students will identify nouns and pronouns as they distinguish between the main idea and supporting details. It may be taught on its own or used as support for the lesson Compare and Contrast Texts on the Same Topic.

Main Idea and Details in Nonfiction

With this resource, your students will read and compare two nonfiction texts on the same topic.

Comparing Two Nonfiction Texts

Readers practice identifying the main idea in works of nonfiction in this two-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Main Idea Multiple Choice

Young learners will love finding the main ideas in short informational texts. Featuring a bunch of fun worksheets, this lesson will help students learn about different topics while improving their reading skills.

In Search of the Main Idea

Kids practice using the prefixes dis-, un-, and non- in this worksheet.

Prefix Practice: Dis- Non- Un- 

Children compare and contrast two texts with an eye toward setting in this reading comprehension worksheet.

Comparing Settings from Two Fiction Texts

You may not realize how many beloved books and award-winning movies are historical fiction. Get a taste of historical fiction and try writing some yourself.

What is Historical Fiction?

Children will discover more about the culinary history of early Americans as they practice practice identifying the main idea and supporting details.

Find the Main Idea: Native American Foods

Practice writing topic sentences with this paragraph structure worksheet!

Get Focused! Writing Topic Sentences

This compare and contrast exercise will give your students practice recording information about two similar fiction texts.

A Tale of Two Texts

What are the two main parts of a sentence? This worksheet focuses on the strategy of identifying complete sentences.

What Are the Two Main Parts of a Sentence?

Students will compare two informational texts on the same topic using a Venn diagram.

Compare & Contrast Nonfiction Texts: The Underground Railroad

Students will use the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then structure to summarize a short fiction text.

Simple Fiction Summary

Would you rather travel through time or travel through space? Explore limitless frontiers while writing science fiction.

Writing Science Fiction

Kids will love learning some fun facts about elephants while developing their reading comprehension skills. Using T-charts and Venn diagrams, they'll analyze stories and explore different characteristics of fiction and nonfiction.

Fiction vs. Nonfiction

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Basic Fiction Summaries.

Glossary: Basic Fiction Summaries

Challenge students to come up with arguments and counter-arguments for a controversial topic, whether they agree or not.

Argument Writing: Topic Cards

Sometimes the main idea of a piece of writing leads to the perfect title!

Identify the Main Idea

Reading comprehension strategies, such as identifying the main idea, help students focus on how to determine what the author is trying to say.

Reading Corner: Main Idea & Details Part 1

Children will love this imaginative worksheet that invites them to identify the main idea of a movie plot by coming up with a title for it!

Main Idea: At the Movies

Use this resource to review important vocabulary terms in the genre of fiction.

Vocabulary Practice: Fiction Genre

Finding the main idea of a story is a fundamental reading comprehension skill. Help your child tackle reading with this beginner&#39;s worksheet!

Main Idea of a Story

Use this glossary with the EL Support Lesson: Nonfiction Main Idea.

Glossary: Nonfiction Main Idea

Help your class grasp the concept of &quot;main idea&quot; with this fun, hands-on lesson. Students will dive into mystery bags full of supportive detail clues to determine the main idea of each bag.

Main Idea: It's in the Bag!

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