Main Idea and supporting details (Tuesday, September 21 )

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Warm-up: Think about your weekend. Write in 1 sentence what did you do during the weekend. After you finish answering, click in the space below your answer.

Activity 1: Watch the following video.

Activity 2: Answer the following questions after watching the video.

1. What is the purpose of identifying the main idea in supporting details of a text?

2. What are the three easy steps to identifying the main idea in supporting details of a text?

3. How can you locate the topic of an article?

4. What is the main idea of the first example paragraph about pets?

5. What is the topic of the second example paragraph about rainforests?

6. What is the main idea of the second example paragraph about rainforests?

Activity 3: Now let's practice identifying main idea and supporting details in a video.
Watch the following video. Then answer the questions about the content of the video.

1. What are the two active parts of language ability?

2. What are the three general types of bilingual people?

Activity 4: Answer the following questions with your own opinion.

Do you think it is important to learn another language? Why or why not?