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Chapter 3 Chapter 3

Supporting DetailsSupporting Details

Supporting DetailsSupporting Details

• What are they?What are they?

• The reasons, examples, facts, steps, or The reasons, examples, facts, steps, or other kind of evidence that explain the other kind of evidence that explain the main idea. main idea.

• Page 93 – read the paragraph about the Page 93 – read the paragraph about the penny.penny.

• What are the three What are the three majormajor details? details?

• Main Idea – But there are now good Main Idea – But there are now good reasons for our government to phase reasons for our government to phase the penny out of the economy.the penny out of the economy.

• Supporting Detail 1: Pennies take Supporting Detail 1: Pennies take up more space than they are worth.up more space than they are worth.

• Supporting Detail 2: Pennies are a Supporting Detail 2: Pennies are a nuisance to the business community.nuisance to the business community.

• Supporting Detail 3: Pennies cost Supporting Detail 3: Pennies cost the nation as a whole. the nation as a whole.

What do supporting What do supporting details do?details do?

• They give They give specificspecific information that information that explains more about the main idea. explains more about the main idea.

• How does it help you to be able to How does it help you to be able to recognize these supporting details?recognize these supporting details?

• Can find the important details in the Can find the important details in the story.story.

Major and Minor DetailsMajor and Minor Details

• Major details are ones that explain Major details are ones that explain and develop the main idea.and develop the main idea.

• Minor details are ones that fill out Minor details are ones that fill out and give more information about the and give more information about the major details.major details.

• Page 95 – T V violence again.Page 95 – T V violence again.

OutliningOutlining

• Outlining is a way to organize your Outlining is a way to organize your thoughts.thoughts.

• I. Main IdeaI. Main Idea– Major detailMajor detail

• Minor detailMinor detail• Minor detailMinor detail

– Major detailMajor detail• Minor detailMinor detail• Minor detailMinor detail

– Major detail Major detail

Clues to help you find the Clues to help you find the list of details. list of details.

• Look for words that tell you a list of Look for words that tell you a list of details is coming. (We saw these before!)details is coming. (We saw these before!)

• Page 96 - Just some examples:Page 96 - Just some examples:• Several kinds of Several kinds of four stepsfour steps a few a few

reasonsreasons• Among the resultsAmong the results a series ofa series of three three

factorsfactors• Several advantagesSeveral advantages various causesvarious causes• A number of A number of

Another ClueAnother Clue

• Look for words that signal major Look for words that signal major details.details.

• These are the addition words!These are the addition words!• We have seen these before too. We have seen these before too.

Page 97Page 97

• Practice 1 - p. 98 Practice 1 - p. 98

The OutlineThe Outline

• Main Idea: A few important approaches Main Idea: A few important approaches will prevent illness among the poor.will prevent illness among the poor.– Major Detail 1: Focus on preventive health Major Detail 1: Focus on preventive health

services.services.– Major Detail 2: Offer more extensive Major Detail 2: Offer more extensive

prenatal care.prenatal care.– Major Detail 3: Fight social conditions of Major Detail 3: Fight social conditions of

poverty poverty that breed disease.that breed disease.

– B. The crowd…. P 99 B. The crowd…. P 99

Another way to use Another way to use detailsdetails

• Mapping – visual outlines that show Mapping – visual outlines that show relationships between main ideas relationships between main ideas and supporting details. and supporting details.

• Practice – p 100 – Check Your Practice – p 100 – Check Your UnderstandingUnderstanding

And Yet One More!And Yet One More!

• Summarizing – Reducing a large amount of Summarizing – Reducing a large amount of information into its most important points. information into its most important points.

• Could be main idea and supporting details.Could be main idea and supporting details.

• Could be just the key terms (when taking Could be just the key terms (when taking notes) often followed by an example. notes) often followed by an example.

• Practice 4 - p. 106 - APractice 4 - p. 106 - A

Chapter ReviewChapter Review

• Major and minor details provide the Major and minor details provide the added information you need to make added information you need to make sense of a main idea.sense of a main idea.

• List words and addition words can help List words and addition words can help you to find major and minor supporting you to find major and minor supporting details.details.

• Outlining, mapping and summarizing Outlining, mapping and summarizing are useful note-taking strategies.are useful note-taking strategies.

More ReviewMore Review

• Outlines show the relationship Outlines show the relationship between the main idea, major details, between the main idea, major details, and minor details of a passage.and minor details of a passage.

• Maps are very visual outlines.Maps are very visual outlines.

• Writing a definition and summarizing Writing a definition and summarizing an example is a good way to take an example is a good way to take notes on a new term.notes on a new term.

Group PracticeGroup Practice

• Review Test 1 (108-109)Review Test 1 (108-109)• Review Test 2 (109-110)Review Test 2 (109-110)

• Home work Home work • Review Test 4 Review Test 4