Lesson Plan: Reading Mini Lesson Grade: 5 Time: 20 minutes Standard: RI.5.2.

Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key
details; summarize the text.

Objective: Students will be able to locate main ideas in a piece of literature and find supporting details to back up the main idea. Materials: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Kate McMullan Chart Paper Powerpoint with sample text Lesson Sequence: 1. Lesson Introduction/ Anticipatory Set Boys and girls, remember the other day we read the first chapter in a book called The Story of Harriet Tubman. Can anyone tell me what the chapter was about? Yes, it was about a slave name Harriet trying to escapes. Great Job remembering! 2. State Objectives and Purpose Today, we are going to learn about main idea. Main idea is important because it tells you the overall idea of a paragraph or selection of text. 3. Teach and Model Being able to identify the main idea in a piece of literature is an important reading skill because it helps you comprehend what you are reading. The main idea is the key concept being expressed in a piece of writing. The main idea is backed up by what is known as supporting details. The details can be big or small and support the main idea by telling things like: how, what, when, where, why, how much, or how many Here is a very simple example of a short paragraph I wrote about a boy named John. Have this example on a powerpoint slide: John loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. John also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If hes alone, John likes to play action video games as long as they arent too violent. Now I need to think about what the main idea of the paragraph would be. Lets see is it about John not liking violent games, about John playing games, or about John playing thinking games. I think it is about how John likes to play games. I could underline the main idea and highlight the supporting details, so I have a visual for myself. Have the example on a powerpoint slide. John loves to play games. His favorite game is chess because it requires a great deal of thought. John also likes to play less demanding board games that are based mostly on luck. He prefers Monopoly because it requires luck and skill. If hes alone, John likes to play action video games as long as they arent too violent.

4. Guided Practice Now lets work on finding the main idea in the chapter we read about Harriet Tubman. On this chart paper I am going to write down any ideas you have about the main idea of the chapter and then we will just focus on one to save time. The following would be some ideas: the idea of freedom, Harriets escape, Being sold into slavery, The Quaker woman helping Harriet These are some great ideas! I think the main focus of the chapter is Freedom, so lets find some supporting details. However, another good main idea that would have supporting details would be Harriets attempts to escape. Circle freedom on chart paper, then put bullets bellow with students supporting details, some ideas: Harriet goes to a lawyer to see if she can find something in the record book to set her free, The Quaker woman tries to help set Harriet free, Harriet tries to escape with her brothers but is unsuccessful I think you now have the idea of what a main idea and supporting details are, we looked at finding the main idea of a paragraph and a chapter of text but you could also find a main idea in an entire book and find supporting details for it. 5. Independent Practice/Assessment Boys and girls, today when you are reading your independent novel I want you to write on a post-it note a main idea from what you read and at least three supporting details. If you finish your book today than work on finding a main idea for the whole book or if you finish reading a chapter today than try to locate the main idea and supporting details for just that chapter. 6. Closure What is main idea? What are some of the things the supporting details tell you about the main idea? 7. How will you know the lesson has been successful? You will be able to determine if the lesson has been successful if students are able to locate the main idea and at least three supporting details from either a chapter or their entire independent novel.