Determining Main Idea Continued

Today we reviewed the quiz and completed the End of An Age Reading

AIM: I will determine the main idea of a reading passage with 100% accuracy

Standard: 7W E 2 Write summaries of passages that contain main ideas and significant details of the passage.

Do Now:
1) Vocabulary term: a Latin term meaning “the other way around.”
2) Vocabulary term: “to be fast and effective; no wasted energy.”
3) Vocabulary term: “widespread starvation.”
4) Most packs of wolves consist of 20 wolves. If 3 packs of wolves were domesticated by one band of hunter-gatherers, how many wolves would they have?

Lesson Steps: Today we took time to look over the quiz to determine how questions could trick us and to look out for strategies in succeeding during the DC CAS. We then completed all the vocabulary and main idea of the End of An Age reading. It took us much longer than anticipated to go through this reading but I have found that determining the main idea to be an essential skill that we will continue to review as we lead up to the standardized tests.

Homework: Vocabulary project is due tomorrow.