Central Idea Lesson: How a Central Idea Develops, Grades 6-8

"On the first day with a new coach, you decide what the season will be like. Does that ever change?" A central idea does not always arrive whole. A writer adds to it, sharpens it, turns it and ties it up. This lesson shows students how to follow one idea from the beginning of a text to the end.

What's inside

• 14 slides, with speaker notes on all 14
• Lesson plan, 2 pages
• Reading passage, 2 pages, paragraphs numbered
• Student worksheet, 2 pages
• Answer key, 1 page
• All printables in one ready-to-print PDF, 7 pages

Answer key included

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