Transcript Bellwork for February 24,Take handouts from the back counter.  Write in your agenda.  Select an appropriate title that reflects the topic of.

Bellwork for February 24,
2014
Take handouts from the back counter.
 Write in your agenda.
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Select an appropriate title that reflects
the topic of a written selection.
 Identify the main points of a piece of
writing.
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Begin Caught’ya! day 33.
Day 33 Caught’ya!
as the day progressed the 8 freinds met periodically
in the hall to compare gossip and the latest news
flashes me and my friend think that orson odious is
worser than ever this year proclaimed isabelle and
vivian almost in unison
Vocabulary for Week 12
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Unison- (noun) simultaneous
performance of action or utterance of
speech.
Main Idea and Good Titles
NOTES:
Main Idea = Topic and Controlling Idea
Good Titles = Topic and Controlling
Idea in a short, concise, and possibly
creative way
Main Idea
Remember: When a writer writes a paragraph or
text…
They are usually trying to prove a controlling
idea about the topic
So, if the controlling idea is not stated in the
topic sentence, what should you do?
Identifying Main Idea
1.
2.
3.
Read the whole text.
Ask, “What facts/details are the author
telling me?”
Use those facts/details to summarize the
controlling idea into your own words
Example
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the
first men to walk on the surface of the moon,
but they were not the last. That was Gene
Cernan, the last man to step off the lunar
surface. In total there have been twelve men
who have walked on the moon, all of whom
had done so between 1969 and 1972, which
is the most recent non-Michael Jackson
moon walking.
Understanding Main Idea
You must comprehend the text.
Focus on topic and controlling idea.
This paragraph is about moon walkers,
so a good main idea statement would be:
There have been many moonwalkers.
Armstrong & Aldrin
First Men on the Moon
Cernan was the
Last Man on the Moon
12 Men Have Walked
On the Moon
Careful…
Test makers may ask you:
“Another good title for this passage would be…”
It’s just a way of asking for the main idea =
topic and controlling idea BUT it is much
shorter and possibly more creative
Good Titles = topic and controlling idea but
short and possibly more creative
What if the controlling idea
is not stated?
What if there isn’t a title?
Do NOT panic! You got this.
 Stop and Think

What was the topic?
 What does it seem like the author is
trying to prove with all these
supporting sentences?
 Write one yourself!
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Title?
A. Moon Walkers
B. Many Moon Walkers
C. Lucky 13
D. Men on the Moon
Good Titles = topic
+ controlling idea in
a short, possibly
creative way
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first
men to walk on the surface of the moon, but they
were not the last. That was Gene Cernan, the last
man to step off the lunar surface. In total there have
been twelve men who have walked on the moon, all
of whom had done so between 1969 and 1972,
which is the most recent non-Michael Jackson moon
walking.
Practice
1.
Write the main idea for each paragraph
Remember: topic and controlling idea
2.
Create an appropriate title for the
passage.
Remember: topic and controlling idea, but
shorter and possibly creative
An assassination is the murder of a
famous person, usually a celebrity or
political figure. Many famous assassinations
have been attempted, but fewer have
succeeded. Here is a brief overview of
some famous successful assassins. Lee
Harvey Oswald was a former marine who
allegedly killed president John F. Kennedy.
Ironically, Oswald was himself assassinated
a few days later by Jack Ruby. Mark David
Chapman was a mentally deranged man
who shot and killed John Lennon, lead
singer of The Beatles. But, perhaps the
most notorious assassin of all is John Wilkes
Booth, who killed President Abraham Lincoln
while Lincoln attended the theatre.
Nicki Minaj, rap phenomenon hailing from
Queens, New York, has a new honor to
add to her resume: top searched
Halloween costume based on a person
for the 2011 season. Nicki edged out
other popular costume searches such as
Charlie Sheen. Though no commercial
Nicki Minaj costume kit is available, there
are a lot of helpful hints available online
that show people how to get that “Nicki
look.” The popularity of the Nicki Minaj
costume search was only edged out by
the Angry Birds costume search, which
was the most searched for costume this
year.
The Greek word “deinos” means terrible,
powerful, or wonderous. Combine this with
the Greek word “sauros,” which means lizard
or reptile, and you might get “dinosaur,”
which refers to huge creatures that roamed
the earth millions of years ago. The term
“dinosauria” was coined by English
paleontologist Richard Owen in 1842, which
was meant to express the idea that dinosaurs
were “terrible reptiles” or “fearfully great
lizards.” Over the years, “dinosauria”
gradually became “dinosaur,” which is the
word we use today to describe those giant
beasts from the past.
Most people think of submarines as
amazing underwater naval transports, not as a
refuge for sexual discrimination in the military;
however, most navies prohibited women from
serving on submarines, even after they had
been permitted to serve on surface warships.
The Royal Norwegian Navy became the first
navy to allow female crew on its submarines in
1985. The Royal Danish Navy allowed female
submariners in 1988. Others followed suit
including the Swedish Navy (1989), the Royal
Australian Navy (1998), the German
Navy (2001) and the Canadian Navy (2002).
Women may serve on US submarines this year,
but the British Royal Navy still does not permit
women to serve on its submarines.
The next time you get the sniffles,
remember that it could be worse. SARS
is an airborne sickness that killed around
a thousand people on and after its
discovery in 2003. AIDS is one of the
most devastating illnesses in human
history. It is estimated that there are
over two million AIDS related deaths
each year in the world. But perhaps the
most infamous and devastating outbreak
in history was the bubonic plague
or Black Death, which is estimated to
have killed 75 million people, or one-third
of the population of Europe in the 14th
century.
Review the Strategy
Learned Today
Start with reading the ___ text.
 To find the main idea, ASK YOURSELF,
“What’s the ______ and the_______.”
 What do you do if the controlling idea is
not stated?
 If the test maker asks, “Another good title

for this passage would be…”
What are they asking you for?
More specifically?
I can…
…select an appropriate title that reflects
the topic of a written selection.
…identify the main points of a piece of
writing.
Now, practice on your own:
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“Main Idea and Good Titles”
Worksheet
Sentence Sort
Sort the sentences into the correct
logical order.
 Create an outline for the information in
the paragraph.
 Create two TCAP-style questions
about the paragraph.
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Some ideas: irrelevant sentence,
transition, sentence combining, main
idea, title, logical order.
I can…
…select an appropriate title that reflects
the topic of a written selection.
…identify the main points of a piece of
writing.
Exit Ticket
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