Graphic Organizer: English III: Module 1: Lesson 4: Section 4:
Reading for Main Idea and Supporting Ideas Worksheet #2
Directions: Graphic organizers help us see how well a writer supports a main idea. They can also be used to find the implicit or implied
main idea. In this case, let’s turn the graphic organizer upside down and see what main idea is suggested by the supporting points.
Use your summaries to fill in the supporting ideas. When finished, add up all the details in your mind and type in what you think
Hurston’s main idea is.
Main Idea Diagram:
“How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
1. Supporting
Idea:
2. Supporting
Idea:
4. Supporting
Idea:
3. Supporting
Idea:
5. Supporting
Idea:
Implicit Main Idea:
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Main Idea Diagram:
“How It Feels to Be Colored Me”
Outline Form
1. Supporting
Idea:
Zora likes to
entertain the white
visitors, but other
black people don’t
like it.
2. Supporting
Idea:
When Zora goes
away to school, she
realizes that the
world outside of her
community sees her
as no more than a
“colored” girl.
4. Supporting
Idea:
Although she is
constantly reminded
of slavery, Zora
believes it is in the
past and finished.
She is ready to move
on and enjoy life.
3. Supporting
Idea:
Zora doesn’t let
discrimination get her
down. She believes
that strength will win
out over race.
5. Supporting
Idea:
Zora doesn’t
focus on race;
she believes she
is beautiful just as
she is.
Implicit Main Idea:
Implicit Main Idea: Racism could get Zora
down, but she chooses to celebrate herself.