Objectives:

-Recall the main idea

-Describe the purpose of finding the main idea

-Differentiate the main idea from supporting details

-Interpret what supporting details do to our writing

-Develop our own story

-Understand how the supporting details further extend the point that the main idea makes.

-Incorporate main idea and supporting details into our writing.

-Understand what is being read

 

Tasks

 

Pirate Day Welcome

We review main idea and supporting details

We read: How I Became  A Pirate

We receive our treasure maps and move to first center

 

Centers:

1. Pirate Mad Libs- Students will work in pairs to complete a mad-lib story. They will first fill out their list of items needed for the mad-lib, and then fill in their mad-lib story word blanks. Students will share their story with one another and determine a main idea, and supporting details to their story. *Students that need extra support will have an option to choose from beginner, to a more intermediate passage. This will allow students that don’t work as quickly as others, or read as fluent, a chance to complete this activity but also able to think abstractly about it. 

 

2. Book Cover Draw- Students will use what they know about main idea, and activate their listening skills for this activity. They will use their imagination and think about what the storybook cover for this story would look like. They will draw and color the storybook cover.

 3. Seashell Sort-   Students will sort supporting details and main ideas. These complementary items should be organized in a way that allows students to see the difference between supporting details and main ideas. This will then help them tell the difference between main ideas and supporting details. Students will be sure that the supporting details are ones that further support the main idea. A self-check for the students will be provided.

 

 4.    Look Out-  Students will have time to stare at a picture. They will first brainstorm ideas as to what they see in their writer’s notebook. Then, they will write the main idea of the picture that they see. This is a good chance for them to think about the action going on in the picture, but also will help students keep all components of the picture in mind when they write their main ideas. Also, they will begin to write their supporting details after they derive the main idea. These supporting details will be extra pieces of the picture described that further stress the main point of their main idea.

 

 5.     Pirate Write-    Students will have a chance to write. Students will use their imagination, and develop a story of their journey of becoming a pirate. These stories will be later shared as a class.

 

We review as a class- what did they realize about finding and working with the main idea and supporting details? What stations did they enjoy working at? Why?

 

We share- “Walk the Plank” and further develop our public speaking skills. Students will exemplify characteristics of a respectful audience.