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When you write the central idea, you have to look for the main points in the story that tie all of the evidence together. It is what the author wants you to take away from the text.

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To help someone who is struggling with central idea, I would tell them that central idea is what the author is writing about. The central idea can be best described as the dominant impression or the universal, generic truth found in the story. It is the basic idea that ties up all loose strings in a passage. Then I would make sure the student still isn't confused. If the student was still confused, I would give them a passage and then ask them to tell me what it was about in a sentence or two.

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I would explain to them how they would need to read the whole text, then take into consideration what the author's purpose was and then think about what the main idea of the text is.(central idea)

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In order to help someone who was struggling with writing the central idea I would first help them break it down. I'd advise them to read the text and gather the moral of the story;that can be done by getting the most important part of the text. Details and paying attention could help the student understand the central idea. Another thing that would help would be envisioning the central idea as the meat of the burger. Most often the central idea is the most important part

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See what the author is trying to get you to think about. Break down the text and pull out the main idea. What main idea does the author want you to take home?

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I would tell them to look for what the text is about and how they know it. Then I would help them break it down and help them find what the passage is about the find why the passage is about that and that would be the central idea.

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That the central idea is the main idea of the text.

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I would explain that the central idea is the main point that the author is telling the reader about. I would also say that when finding  the central idea you need to look for the main points in the story, and basically sum it up in a short summary.

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When writing the central idea look for what the author is trying to get across. Identify what the main points are in the text and see what they all have in common to find the main idea of what the author is stating.

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Take time to read the passage and try to actually understand what the article is about. Then ask yourself, What is this passage about overall, what is the main points of the passage.

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I would first break down the steps. Then ask them a few questions about what is a central idea. Finally ask him or her about what the author was talking about the whole story.

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To help someone struggling with central idea I would ask them " What is the author trying to tell you? What is the main thing thing he/she is trying to get across?"

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I would explain to them that the central idea is the main message that the author is telling you about. Then, I would tell them to re-read the text and think about some important words or phrases. Finally, they would write down what they think the central idea is.

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Ask yourself what exactly the author wants you to take away from the text. Being able to tell the difference between supporting ideas and the "meat" of the text.

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If someone was confused or struggling with writing the central idea of a text, I would tell them that it is the message the author is trying to get across and how they do so.

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If someone was confused with writing the central idea of the text and I was the teacher, I would tell the person to reread the text and to find what the text is about. That would be the central idea You could think of it has the beef of the text.

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When writing the central idea of a text you first have to identify it. The central idea of a text is what it is all about, so basically just summarize it into one sentence. Make sure to stay brief, yet specific.

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Central idea is the main thing that the text is telling you about, think about the main course of the meal. When you write it you have to make sure you write it specific to the text.

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To help someone who is struggling with writing the central idea of the text, I would tell them to sift through the text and find the most important topic -- the most important thing that the author is trying to tell the audience. It could be how to complete a process, or even what makes the sky blue. If the text was, "The sky is blue during the day because of... The shade of blue and the different colors vary by many different factors," the central idea would not be that the sky has many colors, but that the sky is blue during the day because of... Many times, when explaining the central idea, you will need to provide evidence.

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To help someone understand what central idea is I would explain to them that it is the biggest part of what the author is trying to get the reader to know. It is the main topic of the text, not the minor details or topics in the text.

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I would tell them that the central idea of a text is what the author wants you to take away from the text

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If a student of mine would have trouble finding the central idea, which is the knowledge retained from a text that the author wants the reader to know, I would ask them what they understood from the text. While they are explaining to me their knowledge retained, then I would help them modify. I would also ask them what they presume from the text, and I'd tell them that sometimes the central idea isn't what is told explicitly but rather made to understand subtly.

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I would tell them that to write a detailed sentence and to summary the passage. I would first make sure they know what they are writing about.

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I would tell them that the central idea is like the purpose for writing or something the author wants you to take away from the text. Central idea is like the meat of a Burger.

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I would tell them the central idea is what the text is mainly about. I would go over examples with them and help them find the central idea.

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I would help them by explaining to them that the central idea is often found in the titles of articles and texts and that the central idea is what the text is about.

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The central idea is like the main idea.It is what the text is mainly about.

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When looking for the central idea you need to figure out what the story is about. The central idea is the main point of a text. When reading think about what did the author talk about the most or what did you feel the author was trying to inform you about.

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I would explain to the confused student that the central idea is the main thing to take away from the text. To find central idea you must first read the text. Then, think about what the author wants you to get from the text. An example of this would be if the author said, "The black dog ate my homework." The author doesn't want you to take away that the dog is black. The central idea of the text would be that the dog ate the homework not that the dog is black.

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I would tell the students to look for what the author is trying to get cross, or what the author wants you to know.

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I would tell them that the central idea is a detailed sentence explaining the "meat" of the text. I would tell them to first read the text, and then think about what the main point was and expand on it using detail.

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Central idea is the main point of the entire text, not just a little piece of the text. You can easily find the central idea if you take some of the key words and use those to locate the main or central idea. When answering central idea questions you should write a response as detailed as possible.

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If someone was struggling to find the central idea, I would first make sure they knew what it was. The central idea is the main idea, or what the author wants you to get out of their writing. I would tell them to think about the main points of the text and summarize it into a few sentences.