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Essential Questions:
Purpose of the 1. How can you determine the central idea of a passage?
Lesson: Central 2. How can inferences be made about a text before you
Focus begin reading?
3. How central ideas and themes are easily confused?
Learning Students will be able to
Identify the central idea of a passage.
Locate details and evidence that strongly support and
strengthen the central idea.
Objective(s) Summarize and restate a passage in their own words.
Distinguish between the central idea and theme and
provide examples of each.
Predict and make inferences about a text.
The language function being used for this lesson is identify and
Language distinguish. The students are identifying the central idea as well
Function as the supporting evidence. They will also distinguish between the
central idea and the theme.
Students will demonstrate their understanding of context-specific
Academic Language