PEPITO, ANGELICA C.

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PRACTICE SET: GETTING THE MAIN IDEA

ACTVITY 1. Read the passages below and identify which sentence contains the main
idea.
PASSAGE A
A
PASSAGE B
B

ACTIVTY 2. Write the main idea of the given passages below:

PASSAGE A
- The Olympian Games, one of the four national festivals of ancient
Greece, was the forerunner of the modern-day Olympics.
PASSAGE B
- The art of ancient Egypt was closely knit with religion and at its very
core is a profound preoccupation with death and immortality.

ACTIVITY 3. Supporting details are important in identifying the main idea of a text.
Read the following passages and identify the main idea and its supporting details. Be
guided by the graphic organizer below.
PASSAGE A

During an operation, an anesthetist injects a

patient with anesthesia that puts him/her to
sleep.

Surgeons operate using
anesthetic. Long before
anesthesia was used, doctor
gave their patients lots of
alcohol or opium to lessen
the pain or surgery.
During the operation, an If any of these two become
Anesthetist monitors the unstable, an alarm goes off.
patient’s heart and Breathing must be normal
breathing rate. even during the operation.
 PASSAGE B

Descriptive paragraphs let the reader touch,

taste, see, hear, and smell what you are
describing.

A descriptive paragraph Describes how something or The reader should feel as if

contains sentences that
work together to present a
single, clear picture
(description) of a person, a
place, a thing, an event, or
an idea.
someone looks or feels and they can see what you are
creates a sensory image in describing clearly.
the reader’s mind. A good
description involves
showing, not telling.

PERFORMANCE TASK 1: Answer the following question in at least 20 sentences.

Identifying the Main Idea to Improve Reading Comprehension
Understanding how ideas relate at the sentence level can help us decipher the meaning
of sections and entire novels. It also progresses toward coherence, or the ability to
connect ideas in a bigger piece of writing.

Identifying the primary idea is the first step in comprehending what you've read. The
major idea in a paragraph or article connects all the sentences, and after you've found
it, the rest of the reading should fall into place. Furthermore, identifying core concepts
and discovering their relationships to supporting facts is the foundation of reading
comprehension since it allows us to better understand what the book is attempting to
say. It is critical to identify the primary idea since it allows us to more easily absorb the
paragraphs we read. Identifying the major enhances our reading comprehension skills
because we already know the plot and what the point of the tale or text is.

In contrast, if we do not have good comprehension skills, we will be unable to

comprehend what we read. Good literacy comprehension abilities are important
because they increase the enjoyment and effectiveness of reading and can benefit a
person not only intellectually, but also professionally and personally.

PERFORMANCE TASK 2: Oral Reading Fluency - READ ALOUD

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