English 10A Unit 3 Day 17 - RI2 Menu   

Analyzing the  Standard 

Development of  Determine a central idea of a text 
● CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2 

Central Idea   and analyze its development over 

the course of the text, including how 
it emerges and is shaped and refined 
by specific details; provide an 
objective summary of the text. 

Objectives 
● Students will determine a central idea of an 
informational text and analyze its 
development over the course of the text 
● Students will summarize without including 
personal thoughts and feelings  

Directions 
1. Read the article silently to yourself 
2. Close Read and Annotate the article 
using highlighters and pens looking for 
clues to the central idea  
3. Complete the following worksheet with 

  your elbow partner 

4. Once you are done, prepare to present 

Required Materials:  your central idea to the partner group 

next to you. (Be sure to provide 3 
○ Copy of Malala’ Speech to the UN  
○ Pencils, Pens, Highlighters  examples from the text to support why 
○ Elbow Partner  you think your central idea is correct) 
○ Neighbor Partner Group  
5. After presenting to the partner group 
This activity is due: _______________________________  next to you, we will conduct a class 
  discussion 
Central Idea 
 
 

Map   
Reading for Information #2 Learning Targets
I CAN determine the central idea of an informational text and analyze its development.
I CAN summarize an informational text without including my personal thoughts and feelings.
Skills for Nearing Mastery  Skills for MASTERY  Skills for Exceeds MASTERY 
I can determine the central
I can summarize what the text I can analyze how the central idea of the
idea of the text and describe
says without including my text is shaped and refined by specific
how each section contributes
own opinion details in the text
to the central idea
 
The c ​ entral idea​ (​main idea​) in a piece of writing is the point that the author wants you 
to remember most. Some writers may state the m ​ ain idea​, but it is often implied, which 
means​ the reader has to make inferences (what the text says + what I know) about 
it.​The title of the text can also sometimes give you a hint towards the central idea.  

Title:​ _______________________________​Author:​ ________________________

Hints from the Title what the text might be about:

Topics Discussed in the Text:

Summarize what the article says: (without opinion)

What is the subject of the text? What does the author say about this subject?
What is the text mostly about?

Examples from the text showing how the author feels about the subject: (3 quotes)
1.

2.

3.

Central Idea
 Agenda:
Opening of Lesson
1. Daily Do Now
Day 17 Do Now Warm Up
Why do you think it is important for us to understand what other people are experiencing
in their part of the world? Think about our class novel and why we would need to learn
about life in Afghanistan.
2. Think, Pair Share on Do Now, Using Class Dojo to call on several students
Body of the Lesson
3. Introduce author, article, and directions for graphic organizer
4. Read out loud article, close-read with annotations for Central Idea
5. Complete Graphic Organizer in partners
6. Share with neighboring partners about central idea & ​complete assessment
Closing of the Lesson
7. Class Discussion using questions below
8. Exit Ticket - Reflection on the importance of fighting for the educational rights
of others
Day 17 Questions for Class Discussion:
Please prepare to share your perspective on any of the following questions,
examples from the novel or the speech should be helpful.
● How is Malala’s experience similar to the characters in our class novel ​A
Thousand Splendid Suns? ​
● Do you think that you would be able to show as much courage as Malala after
being attacked the same way she was?
● Why is it important that we learn about the experiences of other people in other
parts of the world?
● Do you think that a woman’s right to education is a social justice issue? Why?
● Why should we care about the education of girls in a country far away from ours?
● Why should we fight for this right?
● What can we do in our country to help fight for this cause?
Name:
Day 18 RI2 Review Standard Assessment
Directions: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences. Your responses
should be in paragraph form (about 3-5 sentences each) with plenty of explanation. Make sure
to use the rubric as a guide and the Day 17 text titled “Malala’s Speech to the UN.”

Reading for Information #2 Learning Targets

I CAN determine the central idea of an informational text and analyze its development.
I CAN summarize an informational text without including my personal thoughts and feelings.
Skills for Nearing Mastery  Skills for MASTERY  Skills for Exceeds MASTERY 
I can determine the central
I can summarize what the text I can analyze how the central idea of the
idea of the text and describe
says without including my text is shaped and refined by specific
how each section contributes
own opinion details in the text
to the central idea

Near Mastery
1. Summarize what the text says WITHOUT including your own opinion.

Mastery
2. What is the central idea of the entire text?

3. How does each section of the article contribute to the central idea? (provide at least two
examples)

Exceeds Mastery
4. Analyze how the central idea of the text is shaped and refined by specific details.