Course description
This strategy helps students learn to determine the main idea, with specific strategies for teaching English Learners how to determine main idea.
After a demonstration, participants have time to use a graphic organizer to determine main ideas and then use these ideas to write summaries.
Use the Facilitator Guide to select books to use with this workshop.
Handouts include student resources used with permission from the Florida Center for Research: home page http://www.fcrr.org
The Reading Comprehension series includes nine modules with targeted strategies to teach students how to manage their reading. The modules can be used in any order.
Developed by Kathleen M. Lord, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Literacy Education, Department of Teaching and Learning, SUNY New Paltz.