Main Idea: The Rescue

Overview:

A reading strategy worksheet for middle and upper years students designed to enhance their ability to identify the main idea and supporting details. In this activity, students will read the text The Rescue and practise pinpointing the main idea along with three supporting details that reinforce it.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the central theme or main idea of a passage.
• Select and record supporting details that reinforce the main idea.
• Develop reading comprehension and critical thinking skills.

How the Activity Works:

Students will read the text The Rescue and identify the main idea that encapsulates the primary focus of the story. They will then extract and write down three supporting details from the text that contribute to the development or understanding of the main idea. This exercise encourages students to improve their ability to summarise and support their ideas with specific information from the text.

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