GRADE 6 CONCEPTS - (NSC) by Janice Bowes-Wellington: Language Arts

FOCUS QUESTION

What was Jamaica's road to independence?

SPECIFIC OBJS.

Skim, scan and apply other reading strategies to locate main ideas and other specific information in text.

CONTENT SUMMARY

ENGAGE

Students I want you to read the short paragraph below. What is the paragraph mainly about. Explain why you have given that response.

During the 19^th century, the planters were faced with a labour crisis. The slaves had been freed and there were no labourers to work the plantations. The freed slaves no longer wanted to work on the plantation. The planters had to seek help from the New World. Soon the labour crisis was solved by the coming of the indentured servants.

Discussion will follow to guide students to the topic in question - Main Idea

EXPLORE

How many of you like ice-cream? Ok let's see what this one is like? What is being communicated here? Let us read together. Do you see why the "cone" is representing the main idea? Let's formulate the paragraph to show the main idea and the supporting details.

Let us look at the video below to glean more information on main idea.

Video: Main Idea

Be ready to share at least 4 important points about main idea.

Now let's quickly skim and scan the passage, THE ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE, on page 9 - Primary English and identify the main ideas in the selected paragraphs.

What are the supporting details?

In summary, let us read the chart below to see how we can quickly identify the main idea.

EXPLAIN

Explain what is meant by the main idea of a text.

How can you identify the main idea in a text?

What is the function of the supporting details?

In groups, do the matching exercise below.

EXTEND/ELABORATE

Now read the paragraph below and examine the main idea and the supporting details.

I want you to write a paragraph about Culture. Underline the main idea afterward with a single line, and the supporting details with double lines. Be sure to practise what the video clip communicated to you.