Tham khảo tài liệu 'finding main idea 3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER Review What You ve Learned so Far These are the strategies you studied in the past four lessons Lesson 1 Find the facts in what you read. You practiced looking for the basic information that was being conveyed in the paragraphs the who what when where and how. Lesson 2 Find the main idea. You learned about topic sentences and how they express an assertion about the subject of the paragraph. You saw how the main idea must be general enough to encompass all other sentences in the paragraph it is the thought that controls the paragraph and the other sentences work to support that main idea. Lesson 3 Determine the meaning of words from context. You practiced looking for clues to determine meaning in the words and sentences surrounding the unfamiliar word or phrase. Lesson 4 Distinguish between fact and opinion. You learned that a fact is something known to be true whereas an opinion is something believed to be true. You practiced distinguishing between the two and saw how good paragraphs use facts to support opinions. If any of these terms or strategies sound unfamiliar to you STOP. Take a few minutes to review whatever lesson is unclear. Practice In this lesson you will sharpen your reading comprehension skills by using all of these strategies at once. This will become more natural to you as your reading skills develop. Practice Passage 1 Begin by looking at the following paragraph. Remember to read actively mark up the text as you go. Then answer the questions on the next page. An example of how to mark up the passage as well as the answers to the questions follow. It is clear that the United States is a nation that needs to eat healthier and slim down. One of the most important steps in the right direction would be for school cafeterias to provide healthy low-fat options for students. In every town and city an abundance of fast-food restaurants lure teenage customers with fast inexpensive and tasty food but these foods are typically .
