Middle School Nonfiction Main Idea and Supporting Details Passage Worksheets
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Learning Objective
Students will learn to identify the main idea and details in a passage using a nonfiction text.
Description
These middle school nonfiction main idea and supporting details passage worksheets are based on our Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott, rap song.
Students will listen to the song then use the song lyrics as a reading passage to identify the main idea and supporting details for various sections of the lyrics as detailed below.
What teachers like you had to say:
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "Love this resource! Easy and effective. This was a fantastic resource for me." – Shanna J.
Clean and school-appropriate, the song for this activity explores the events that sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott, Rosa Parks' history as an activist, and the community effort that resulted in the success of the civil rights movement.
Listen to the song with subtitles here! (Click here if you have trouble viewing the video.)
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "This was a great resource to use for distance learning!" – Alex D.
This resource includes:
- the song lyrics for use as a reading passage
- 1 main idea and supporting details, graphic organizer writing activity with 3 sections
- 6 multiple-choice, identify the main idea questions with the answer key
- 3 multiple-choice, identify the supporting details questions with the answer key
- 1 "Main Idea on Beast Mode!" challenge activity where students will identify the main idea of the entire song using their main idea and supporting details graphic organizer
- 1 Turn and Talk, discussion activity where students analyze other historical events and figures to determine if they are truthfully represented.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ "My students love it." – Fauzia S.
How to use this resource:
- Read and discuss the "What's the Main Idea?" section of the activity on page 1 with students.
- Have students preview the song lyrics on pages 3 and 4 to understand how the song lyrics are sectioned.
- Play the song and have students follow along with the lyrics.
- Pause the song after Verse 1A is finished
- Complete the graphic organizer on page 1 together as a class for Verse 1A as a practice activity. Ask students for supporting details to complete the graphic organizer. Brainstorm together as a class to summarize the main idea as one sentence based on the chosen supporting details.
- Play the remainder of the song and have students complete the remaining graphic organizer activities. Review student answers as a class when students are finished.
- Have students complete the remaining activities listed above independently. Review as needed or refer students to the instructions on page 1 for help.
- The answer key is located on page 10.
- Have students choose an activity from the "Beast Mode!" activities section when all of the main idea and supporting details activities are complete. Students may work in groups or individually for these activities.
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