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QUARTER 2 WEEK 1 DAY -2

 Identifying Main Idea, Key
Sentence, and Supporting Details

SARAH T. DELA CRUZ

MT-1
MAHIPON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DIVISION OF GAPAN CITY
Identifying Main Idea,
Key Sentence, and
Supporting Details
Do you love to eat chocolates?
 What is your favorite brand of chocolate
candy?
Have you ever wondered how this yummy
food came to be?
 
We are going to read the selection entitled
“Quick History of Chocolate” to find out how
chocolate came to be. In later discussion, we
are going to get the key sentence, supporting
details, and main idea.
 Read and Learn

“Quick History of Chocolate”

The ancient people of Central America
began cultivating cocoa beans almost three
thousand years ago. A cold drink from beans
was served to Hernando Cortes, the Spanish
conqueror when he arrived at the Aztec Court
of Montezuma in 1519. The Spaniards to the
beverage home to their king.
 He liked it so much that he kept the formula a
secret. For the next hundred years, hot chocolate
was the private drink of the Spanish mobility. Slowly,
it made its way into fashionable courts of France,
England, and Austria. In 1657, a Frenchman living in
London opened a shop where blocks for making the
beverage were sold at a high price. Soon chocolate
houses appeared in cities throughout Europe.
Wealthy clients met in them, sipped chocolate,
conducted business, and gossip.
 During the 1800s, chocolate became a chewable food.
The breakthrough came in 1828, when cocoa butter was
extracted from the bean. Twenty years later, an English
firm mixed the butter with chocolate liquor, which
resulted in the first solid chocolate. Milton Hershey’s
candy came on the scene 1894; the Tootsie Rolls hit the
market two years later. The popularity of the chocolate
bar soared during World War I when they were given to
soldiers for fast energy. M &Ms gave the industry another
boost during World War II; soldiers need candy that
wouldn’t melt in their hands.
 On the average, Americans today eat ten
pounds of hard chocolate a year. The average
Dutch person eats up more than fifteen pounds a
year, while Swiss packs away almost twenty
pounds. Chocolate is obviously an international
favorite.
 
 
 
 Answer the following questions.
1. Who were the first people to cultivate the cocoa
beans?
2. Where was the drinking of hot chocolate a favorite?
3. When did chocolate become a chewable food?
4. Why were chocolates given to soldiers during the
World War II?
5. Do you agree with the decision of the Spanish King to
keep the formula for hot chocolate a secret?
6. Should growing children like you eat too much
chocolate? Why? Why not?
 Find Out and Learn
Find out the meaning of the words in column A with the
phrases in column B.
A B
_____1.beverage A. alcoholic drink
_____2.chewable B. remove or take out
_____3.liquor C. a drink
_____4.extracted D. report of uncertain or doubtful
truth
_____5.gossip E. can be grinded with a teeth
 
 Going back to the selection.

You will now look for the key

sentence, supporting details, and
main idea in each paragraph.
 Questions:
• What is the key sentence of the first paragraph?
• in the second paragraph
• ?in the third paragraph?

• What are the sentences that give information about the

key sentence of the paragraph?

• What is the first paragraph all about? The second

paragraph? The third paragraph?
 
 Guided Practice

Each group will roam around the

room and see the posted manila
papers with selections. Each
selection will ask for either giving the
key sentence, supporting details or
main idea.
 Group 1
There are different steps in solving a problem in
Mathematics. First, read the problem carefully and
find out what is asked. Next, look for the given facts,
then think of the process to be used. Finally solve for
the answer.
 
Give the key sentence of the paragraph:
____________________________________
 
 Group 2
Water is used for drinking. We also use it for bathing. It is used
for cooking and washing dirty clothes. Water has many uses.
Give the supporting details of the key sentence: Water has may
uses.
 
Supporting
details:________________________________________
_________________________________________
_________________________________________
 
Group 3
The second month of the year, which is February, was named
afterFebrualia, The Roman festival of purification. February, as
we all know, is the month of love. It is in this month that
Valentine’s Day or heart’s day is celebrated. On this day, we
express our love to our loved ones. We can show our love not
only during this month but also in all months and days of the
year.
 
Give the main idea of the paragraph:
_______________________________________
 
 Independent Practice

Read the following selections. Then,identify

what is asked in each item by
choosing the letter of the correct answer
from the given choices.
 
 1. (A)There are many ways to stop global
warming. (B) Choose energy efficient
appliances when making new purchases. (C)
Do not leave appliances on standby. (D) Situate
your freezer and fridge away from the stove.
Choose the letter of the sentence that tells the
key sentence of the paragraph.
 
 _____2. Paying taxes is very important. It is the government’s source of
income. The taxes that every citizen’s pay go to the different services
that the government provides and the projects that it undertake. A part
of the budget goes to the construction of roads and bridges. It is the
obligation and responsibility of every law-abiding citizen of a country to
pay taxes wholeheartedly and on time. Which of the following is NOT a
sentence that talks about the paragraph?
A. The taxes that every citizen’s pay go to the different services that the
government provides.
B. It is the obligation and responsibility of every law-abiding citizen of a
country to pay taxes.
C..Every citizen should pay taxes monthly to fulfill his obligation in the
country.
D. A part of the budget goes to the construction of roads and bridges
 
 
_____3.Bicolanos take pride in their delicious pili nuts. Pili
trees are abundant I Bicol. They grow healthy there because
of the cool and rainy climate of the place. People take time
harvest pili nuts. They sell them at high price. Pili is best
cooked with syrup. The paragraph s mainly about
_____________________________.
A .the Bicolanos
B .the climate of Bicol
C. the pili nuts in Bicol
D.the place in Bicol
 Closure/ Assessment

• Key Sentence is the sentence which states

the topic of the paragraph.
• Supporting Details are the sentences in the
paragraph which give information related to
the topic.
• Main Idea of a paragraph tells us what the
paragraph is all about.
 Evaluation

Direction: Give the key sentence,

supporting details and main idea of
the selection.
 
 The root is an important part of the plant. It is responsible for getting
water and minerals from the soil for the plant to grow. It also holds the
plant in position. If roots are cut off from the plant, it would die.
Main Idea:
_________________________________________________________

Key Sentence:_________________________________________________

Supporting Details:

_________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________
HAPPY TEACHING !