Walk in work:
•Take out your notebooks and
turn to your signpost chart to
get checked off.
•Get out your packets and
independent reading books
Non fiction Author’s Purpose
Add to author’s purpose notes in your reading section:
Fiction: REASSURE: reflection on the positive
possibilities of humans.
Inform: learn about an issue, event or
topic.
Persuade: convince reader’s to take a
certain action or agree with the claim
Determining Central Ideas in
Nonfiction
• Nonfiction works develop central ideas
through the use of supporting details.
• A central idea is the key point the author
wants to make.
Determining Central Ideas
• You find the CENTRAL IDEA by asking yourself:
• What does the author want me to believe or know?
• What key reasons does the author use to support their
idea?
• Central idea= Author’s purpose + topic + key reasons
Do Videogames Cause Violence Central Idea Example
The author’s central idea is to inform the reader about all
the controversy surrounding videogames including how
ratings work, how much people use them and how the
government is handling the issue.
Things to remember
• Sometimes CI is stated directly in the text
(beginning or end or both)
• Sometimes you have infer what the CI is
and craft your own.
B side
For each of your sources
• Determine the author’s purpose
• Determine the central idea
Do Videogames Cause Violence Central Idea Example
The author’s central idea is to inform the reader about all the
controversy surrounding videogames including how ratings work,
how much people use them and how the government is handling
the issue.