This lesson can be used by adult learners to gain experience in identifying the strength of themes in writing passages. Upon conclusion of the lesson students will be able to not only identify the theme of an piece of writing but also key details used to support the author’s argument.
This lesson is aimed at finding the main idea and details in an informational text. The text is at grade C reading level. The learner should be able to identify, sort, state and write the central idea and it’s supporting details in a given text. The terms central idea, theme, thesis, mainly about, will be used as synonymous with the main idea of a text. The students will create a brochure/flyer, conduct research and build fluency during the course of this lesson.
The class I am using this lesson plan with is an English class with six students ranging from a 5th to 7th grade level equivalent. This is an English class and the content/context is focused on language comprehension and analysis via reading and answering questions; and expression via discussion and writing (with attention to substance as well as grammar/spelling/punctuation).
Passages used in the lesson are from the following text:
https://www.amazon.com/Six-Way-Paragraphs-Content-Areas-Introductory/dp/0809203715