Date: From June 15th to June 19th (17th Week)

Performance Indicator:

Recognize main ideas and supporting details in written texts.

Purpose: Identify relevant information in a text.

Basic Information:

Main Idea and Supporting Details

The main idea, also called the central idea or main point, is the primary concept of a passage. It represents the essential point that the author is trying to convey.

The main idea is usually reinforced by a series of other points or details which support the premise of the main idea. These are called supporting ideas.

Let´s check these examples:

Now, let's practice.

EXERCISE 1

A. Read the following text carefully and make a words bank (glossary) in your

notebook using the underlined words with their appropriate meanings in spanish.

The Louisiana Purchase

In 1803, President Thomas Jefferson completed a treaty with the French government to purchase a large section of land in North America. This land is now known as the Louisiana Purchase. The Purchase was important to the future of the U.S. It was the first major expansion of the U.S. since it had won its independence from Great Britain 20 years earlier. The territory gained in the Louisiana Purchase was the largest in U.S. history, totalling 828,000 squares miles,about23% of the current U.S. land area. The Louisiana Purchase also secured the U.S.’s right to passage along the Mississippi River and allowed access to the important port of New Orleans.

B. Write the main idea of the text in your own words:

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C. Write two supporting ideas for the main idea:

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D. Record a voice note with the right pronunciation of the text, its main idea and the

supporting ideas for the main idea.

E. Send the voice note to your teacher's mail before Tuesday, June 23rd.

Note: Use the following parameter to name the voice note file: