Use vocabulary + main idea

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Use vocabulary

Unit 47

Pen and paper on your desk

Complete about yourself

• I usually wake up at _______
• I always have _______ for breakfast
• In the evenings I normally _______ or ________.

Ask your partner

Clean your room	How
Have dinner	When
Do your homework	What
OWN QUESTION
OWN QUESTION

Reading

• Havo 5 (Vwo 6)
• Questions
• Main idea = hoofdgedachte
• Main / Hoofd = most important
• Idea / gedachte = what the writer thinks
• Main idea - the most important point the text is about.

Find the main idea

Step 1: Topic (onderwerp)

1 or 2 words (no more than a short sentence)

Step 2: What is said about the topic?

Step 3: What is the most important information about the topic?

Text

Chickens can be useful as pets, as they provide eggs that can be eaten. However, chickens must be taken care of carefully. If you have a chicken, you must make sure that they have plenty of food and water. Also, their chicken coop must be cleaned regularly, and their eggs collected! If you have a chicken, you should make sure that they don’t eat chocolate or raw potato skins.

Step 1: Topic

Chickens

Step 2: What is said about topic?

useful as pets

they provide eggs

chickens must be taken care of

they have plenty of food and water

chicken coop must be cleaned

their eggs collected

make sure that they don’t eat chocolate or raw potato skins

Step 3: Most important

useful as pets

they provide eggs

chickens must be taken care of

they have plenty of food and water

chicken coop must be cleaned

their eggs collected

make sure that they don’t eat chocolate or raw potato skins

Main idea

Chickens must be taken care of if you keep one as a pet.

Practice

The potato chip was an invention that accidentally happened. George Crum was a chef trying to please a customer who kept sending his French fries back to the kitchen. The customer kept complaining that he wanted the fries crispier and thinner. So Crum kept slicing potatoes and cooking them until they became the crispy potato chips we know today.

Main idea

Topic: 

-the invention of potato chips.

Supporting Details:

- George Crum was a chef.

- It was an accident

- A customer was dissatisfied with the French fries 

- The customer wanted crispier and thinner fries

- Crum kept slicing and cooking potatoes.

Main Idea: 

-The invention of potato chip was an accident because a customer wanted crispier and thinner fries.