The purpose of this activity is to allow students to identify details in a text when the main idea is already identified. The "Rosa Parks" article provided through the Alabama Virtual Library will be used to locate details that correspond to the identified main ideas. Students will use the highlight tool to annotate the text.
This learning activity was created as a result of the ALEX - Alabama Virtual Library (AVL) Resource Development Summit.
The purpose of this activity is for students to apply what they have learned about the main idea and supporting details. Students will choose a picture and write what is happening in that picture (i.e. the main idea) and how they know that (i.e. the details). Students will then share their writings with a partner and work on finding the main idea and details in the shared text.
Students will begin by playing a teacher-led "I Spy" game with something within the classroom which would be a concrete example. Using the Jamboard activity provided, students will review the concept of details by describing what is taking place in the photograph which would be an abstract example. Students will then work together as a class to come up with the photograph's main idea.
