Main Idea And Details

Worksheet Description

The worksheet is about the descriptive text structure, which refers to how an author organizes information in a text to describe a main idea with supporting details. It provides a graphic organizer where the central concept is the “main idea,” supported by three “major details,” each with an associated “minor detail.” This structure is meant to help students break down a descriptive text into its essential components, making it easier to identify and understand the main idea and details that the author uses to support it. The worksheet prompts students to read an assigned text and use the organizer to distill and arrange the information they find.

This worksheet is designed to teach students how to identify the main idea and supporting details within a descriptive text. The graphic organizer layout encourages students to think analytically about the hierarchy of information presented in a text, distinguishing between major and minor details. This skill is fundamental for reading comprehension, as it enables students to grasp the central theme and elaborate on it with supporting evidence. Completing this activity helps students to improve their summarizing abilities and to better understand and retain the information they read.