Lesson 3: Identify Key Details and Structure
Completion requirements
- Objective: Identify key details that develop the central idea and analyze the text’s structure.
- Instructions:
- Review your annotations from Lesson 2. Identify key details (facts, statistics, examples) that support the central idea.
- Think about the structure of the article. How is the information organized? Is it by cause and effect, comparison and contrast, or problem and solution?
- Write down the structure of the article and how the author develops the central idea through each section.
- Write a brief explanation of how the details and structure support the central idea.