Reading To Identify Main And Supporting Ideas Lesson Plan for 7th Grade Students

Topic: Reading to Identify Main and Supporting Ideas

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify the main ideas in a passage.
• Students will be able to identify supporting details in a passage.

Materials:

• Passages from a variety of sources (e.g. literature, news articles, internet articles)
• Chart paper and markers
• Index cards

Warm-Up

• Have students take out a piece of paper and write down 3-5 questions about a passage that they find interesting.
• Have them share their questions with a partner.
• As a class, create a list of questions about a passage.

Direct Instruction

• Introduce the concept of main ideas and supporting details.
• Use a passage with clearly labeled main ideas and supporting details to demonstrate the concept.
• Have students work in pairs to identify the main ideas and supporting details in the passage.
• As a class, discuss and agree on the main ideas and supporting details in the passage.

Guided Practice

• Have students work in small groups to identify the main ideas and supporting details in a different passage.
• As a class, discuss and agree on the main ideas and supporting details in the passage.
• Challenge students to identify main ideas and supporting details in a more challenging passage.
• As a class, discuss and agree on the main ideas and supporting details in the passage.

Independent Practice

• Provide students with a passage to read on their own, with a list of questions about the main ideas and supporting details in the passage.
• Have students work on the passage independently and fill in the answers on a sheet of paper.
• After students have completed the passage and the questions, have them share their answers with the class and explain their reasoning.

Closure

• Review the main ideas and supporting details with the students.
• Ask the students to give examples of main ideas and supporting details in a given passage.
• Encourage the students to apply what they have learned to their own reading and understandings.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the guided and independent practice to see if they are able to identify the main ideas and supporting details in the passages.
• Collect the students' verbal or written answers to the questions and assess their understanding of the concept of main ideas and supporting details.