杜春阅读main idea.ppt

Breakthrough in Reading Comprehension—Main Ideas Senior one Background Information The contents of the examination about the main idea part. Title Main idea Purpose Common ways of raising questions for main ideas Background information Titles What’s the best title/headline for the passage？ The best title for the passage might be… Which of the following titles best summarizes the main idea of the passage? Types of questions Main ideas The main idea of the passage is … What’s the passage mainly about？ The passage is concerned primarily about… The last paragraph is chiefly concerned about… The subject discussed in this passage is… What’s the main topic of the passage? Which of the following best states the theme of the passage? Types of questions Purpose What’s the writer’s purpose in writing the passage? The passage is meant to … The author’s purpose …is to show… In this passage, the writer tries to tell us that… Types of questions With key sentences A: Passage 1 (1 min) Skills for main ideas Passage 1 (2014 山东Passage D) Serval says he was inspired by his experience as a father. He would come home from work and ask his kids if they had brushed their teeth. They said, “yes,” but Serval would find their toothbrush heads dry. He decided he needed a brush that really told him how well his children brushed. 49. What is paragraph 5 mainly about? How Serval found out his kids lied to him. Why Serval thought brushing teeth was necessary. How Serval taught his kids to brush their teeth. What inspired Serval to invent the toothbrush. Skills for main ideas examples Skills for main ideas With key sentences A: Passage 1 (1 min) The key sentence is the first sentence B: Passage 2 (1 min) Passage 2 (2014 山东 Passage B) Still, to this day I can sing half the songs in The Music Man and recite half of John Wayne and Jimmy Stewart’s dialogue from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance! Those memories are some of the few I have of the heat wave of 1962. They’re really m