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NameDateCOURSE: Destination Reading IIIUNIT 25: Skateboarding: Wheelingand Dealing with PhysicsComprehension Skill: Main Idea and SupportingDetailsComplete the following items as you work through the tutorial.1. When you read an informational text, such as anentry, you may notice that it is oftenLearningObjective:• Recognize mainidea and details inan encyclopediaentry.divided into .2. Writers use paragraphs to and support theirmain topic clearly.3. Each paragraph in an encyclopedia entry will have a differentor subtopic.© 2008 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.4. Each will support the main topic.5. Paragraphs are written to communicate one main.6. Often the writer expresses the paragraph’s main idea in.7. If you look closely at all the other sentences in the paragraph, you can seethat they allthe main idea.8. These sentences provide the that tell moreabout the main idea.DestinationReading

NameDate9. The main idea of a paragraph isn’t always stated at theof the paragraph.10. Sometimes the main idea is stated in the or attheof the paragraph.11. Sometimes the main idea of a paragraph will be clearly stated in asentence, but sometimes the main idea appears in a.12. Sometimes the main idea is not statedanywhere, and you must figure it out for yourself.13. When reading an encyclopedia entry, you shouldof each detail.14. Then all the details to figure out the main ideathat they support.15. By looking at the details, you can decide whether the main idea is stated ina , in a in the entry, oris, and therefore you need to write the main ideaout in your notes.© 2008 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.DestinationReading