So You want to be President?

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So You want to be President?
BY Judith George Illustrated by David Small
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Comprehension Skill Tested Main Idea and
Details

• The focus of a paragraph or an article - what the
  article is about is the topic.
• The most important thing about this topic is
  called the main idea.
• Small pieces of information that tell more about
  the main idea are supporting details.

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Main Idea and Details
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Main Idea and Details

• When you are asked to identify main idea and
  supporting details from a textthink of a
  beautiful beach house.

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Main Idea and Details

• The roof(topic)- is a small, yet important part
  of a beach house.
• The topic (roof)- is 1-3 words that the text is
  about

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Main Idea and Details

• The house(main idea)- is the largest part of a
  beach house. It contains the roof (topic)
• The main idea (house)- is a complete sentence,
  including the topic, that tells what the passage
  is mainly about.

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Main Idea and Details

• The support beams(supporting details)- give
  support to/hold up the house. Without the beams,
  the house would be destroyed in a flood.
• The supporting details (support beams)-are extra
  information that proves/supports the main
  idea.Without the supporting details, the main
  idea is not a proven statement.

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Main Idea and DetailsBeach House

• The focus of a paragraph or an article - what the
  article is about
• is the topic.
• Roof
• The most important thing about this topic is
  called the main idea.
• House
• Small pieces of information that tell more about
  the main idea are supporting details.
• Support Beams

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• Pg.246
• There are good things about being President, and
  there are bad things about being President. One
  good thing is that the President lives in a big
  white house called the White House. Another good
  thing about being President is that the President
  has a swimming pool, bowling alley, and movie
  theater. One of the bad things about being
  President is that the President always has to be
  dressed up. Also, the President has to be polite
  to everyone.

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• What is the topic of the paragraph? (1 or 2
  words)
• Topic President
• What is the main idea? (complete sentence about
  the topic)
• Main Idea There are good things about being
  President, and there are bad things about being
  President.
• What are the supporting details?(sentences that
  support/prove your main idea)
• Detail One good thing is that the President
  lives in a big white house called the White
  House.
• Detail Another good thing about being President
  is that the President has a swimming pool,
  bowling alley, and movie theater.
• Detail . One of the bad things about being
  President is that the President always has to be
  dressed up.
• DetailAlso, the President has to be polite to
  everyone.

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• There are good things about being
  President, and there are bad things about being
  President. One good thing is that the
  President lives in a big white house called the
  White House. Another good thing about being
  President is that the President has a swimming
  pool, bowling alley, and movie theater. The
  President never has to take out the garbage.
  One of the bad things about being President is
  that the President always has to be dressed up.
  Also, the President has to be polite to
  everyone.

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• All kinds of pets have lived in the White
  House. Herbert Hoover had three dogs Piney
  Snowflake, and Tut. Ulysses Grant had
  horses. Benjamin Harrisons goat pulled his
  grandchildren around in a cart. The
  Coolidges had a pet raccoon. Jimmy Carter
  and Bill Clinton Preferred cats. Theodore
  Roosevelts children didnt just have pets, they
  ran a zoo.

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• Its said that people who run for
  President have swelled heads. Its said that
  people who run for President are greedy, want
  power, and desire fame. But being President can
  be wanting to serve your country-like George
  Washington. It can be looking toward the future
  like Thomas Jefferson. It can be wanting to turn
  lives around like Franklin Roosevelt. People want
  to be President for different reasons.

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• Its said that people who run for President
  have swelled heads. Its said that people who run
  for President are greedy, want power, and desire
  fame. But being President can be wanting to serve
  your country-like George Washington. It can be
  looking toward the future like Thomas Jefferson.
  It can be wanting to turn lives around like
  Franklin Roosevelt. People
  want to be President for different reasons.

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Comprehension Skill Main Idea and Details

• Its said that people who run for
  President have swelled heads. Its said that
  people who run for President are greedy, want
  power, and desire fame. But being President
  can be wanting to serve your country-like George
  Washington. It can be looking toward the
  future like Thomas Jefferson. It can be
  wanting to turn lives around like Franklin
  Roosevelt. People want to be President for
  different reasons.

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Comprehension Strategy -
Summarizing

• A summary is a short statement that tells the
  main ideas of a selection.
• A story summary should tell the goals of the
  characters, how they try to reach them, and
  whether they reach them.
• A summary of an article should tell the main
  idea, leaving out unnecessary details.

Tips on Summarizing
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Comprehension Skill Generalizing

• Sometimes as you read, you are given ideas about
  several things or people.
• When you make a statement about all of them
  together, you are making a generalization.
• A generalization is a broad statement that
  applies to many examples.

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Comprehension Skill Generalizing

• Words such as all, none, most, many, always,
  never, and generally are clues that can signal a
  generalization.
• A valid generalization is accurate.
• A valid generalization is supported by facts.
• A faulty generalization is not accurate.