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Chapter 5: Supporting Details/Popular

Culture

PowerPoint by JoAnn Yaworski, 2001

Joining a Community of Readers: A Thematic Approach to Reading, 2/e

Roberta Alexander & Jan Lombardi

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In this chapter you will learn how to:

recognize supporting details in sentences recognize supporting details in paragraphs recognize the difference between supporting

details and the main idea find unstated main ideasarrange the main idea or thesis and

supporting details into an outline form

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Recognizing Supporting Detailsin Sentences & Paragraphs

Details:ExamplesFactsReasonsDescriptions

Facts:StatisticsEventsDates Lists

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Main Ideas and Supporting Details

The main idea of a paragraph or essay is a broad or general statement.

The details that support it are specifics.

The details add more information about the main idea.

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Finding Unstated Main Ideas

Recognize the supporting details in a reading.

Based on those details, decide what the main idea is.

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Outlining

Identify the topic.Identify the main idea.List the supporting points for the main

idea.Use Roman numerals to signal broad

categories.Use capital letters to indicate supporting

details under those categories.

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“Violence and Video Games May Be a Volatile Mix”

by Jenn Laidman

Read the article “Violence and Video Games May Be a Volatile Mix” in Chapter 5.

Why are the parents of the three girls killed in Paducah, Ky. Suing the makers of violent video games?

Why does the military use video games for training purposes?

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“The Reality of the Digital World” by Marley Peifer

Read the article “The Reality of the Digital World” in Chapter 5.

Why do children who play video games become less social?

What are Peifer’s main arguments against video games?

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“Advertisement: How the Industry Hits Its Target”

Read the article “Advertisement: How the Industry Hits Its Target” in Chapter 5.

According to this article, who specifically is being targeted by the advertisement industry?

How does this industry adapt their approach to reach this audience?

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“Teen Girl Magazines: The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful”

by E.M. Alexander

Read the selection “Teen Girl Magazines” in Chapter 5.

Why do these magazines appeal so much to young women?

Why does the author say that American girls are left to fend for themselves during the stage between childhood and womanhood?

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“Diana: The People’s Princess”by Kelly Mayhew

Read the article “Diana: The People’s Princess” in Chapter 5.

Why was Princess Diana a particularly potent fairytale?

What is a “collective fantasy”?Why did the people love Diana even when

she spent so much money on clothes while many people were struggling to earn a living?

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“Some Day My Prince Will Come”by K. Mayhew and E.M. Alexander

Read the article “Some Day My Prince Will Come” in Chapter 5.

What is the plot of most fairytales?Why do fairytales continue to

attract our attention?

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Visit the Web

Media Matters (http://www.aap.org/advocacy/mediamatters.htm)

The Rape of Our Youth (http://it.stlawu.edu/~advertiz/children/intro.html)

Seventeen, Self-Image, and Stereotypes (http://www.rethinkingschools.org/Archives/14_02/sev142.htm)

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