Supporting Details 10 Steps THREE Supporting Details Supporting
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Supporting Details 10 Steps - THREE
Supporting Details Supporting details are reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kinds of evidence that explain a main idea. The major details explain and develop the main idea. In turn, the minor details help fill out and make clear the major details.
Supporting Details In Chapter 2 you worked on the most important reading skill—finding the main idea. A closely related reading skill is locating supporting details—the added information that is needed for you to make sense of a main idea. Three techniques to help you study notes on main ideas and their supporting details: 1. Outlining 2. Mapping 3. Summarizing
Outlining Preparing an outline of a passage will help you understand see clearly the relationship between a main idea and its supporting details. Outlines start with a main idea, followed by major supporting details. Sometimes there will be a level of minor details as well.
Outline Example Main idea: Studies reveal several reasons why some children become bullies. Major detail: 1. a certain combination of size and personality Minor details: Bigger, more aggressive children may dominate their smaller, quieter peers. Major detail: 2. Overexposure to violent TV Minor details: By age 10, a child has watched thousands of acts of violence on TV, including murder. Major detail: 3. Exposure to real violence.
Outlining Tips Look for words that tell you a list of details are coming. Several kinds of various causes a few reasons A number of a series of three factors Four steps among the results several advantages Look for words that signal major details. One first of all in addition furthermore First also next last of all Second another moreover finally
Outlining Tips When making an outline, put all supporting details of equal importance at the same distance from the left margin. Main idea 1. Major detail a. Minor detail b. Minor detail --Peer Group Activity – 10 Steps Pg. 110 -B
Mapping Maps, or diagrams are highly visual outlines in which circles, boxes, or other shapes show the relationships between main ideas and supporting details. Example: Several factors interfere with memory. Lack of motivation Lack of practice Self-doubt Distraction
Mapping --Peer Group Activity: 10 Steps Pg. 113 – Practice 2 A (Journal)
Summarizing A summary is the reduction of a large amount of information to its most important points. Summarizing often involves two steps: 1. Select one example from several that might be given. Which example you select is up to you, as long as it makes the term clear for you. 2. Condense the example if it’s not already very brief. TIP -- A definition of a key term followed by one condensed example is a very useful way to take notes. –Peer Group Activity: 10 Steps Pg. 117 Practice 3 (Journal)
Journal Exercises Fill in the blanks. 1. Major and _______ details provide the added information you need to make sense of a main idea. 2. ______ words and addition words can help you to find major and minor supporting details. 3. Outlining, mapping, and _____ are useful note-taking strategies. 4. Outlines show the relationship between the main idea, major details, and ____ details of a passage. 5. ____ are visual outlines. 6. Writing a _____ and summarizing an example is a good way to take notes on a new term.
Journal Exercises-The Answers Fill in the blanks. 1. Major and minor details provide the added information you need to make sense of a main idea. 2. List words and addition words can help you to find major and minor supporting details. 3. Outlining, mapping, and summarizing are useful note-taking strategies. 4. Outlines show the relationship between the main idea, major details, and minor details of a passage. 5. Maps are visual outlines. 6. Writing a definition and summarizing an example is a good way to take notes on a new term.
Journal Assignment READ: “Child-Rearing Styles” Pg. 125 -126 Complete: Reading Comprehension Questions 1 -10 Pg. 127 -128
- Minor supporting details examples
- Three supporting details
- Major details vs minor details
- What is major detail
- Supporting sentence
- Example of supporting details
- What is implied main idea
- Main idea test
- Main idea and supporting details example
- Jeopardy reading comprehension
- Types of supporting sentences
- Supporting details types
- Minor supporting details examples
- Main idea and supporting details definition
- Key sentence and supporting details