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Key Details

English Language ArtsGrade 12Grade 11Grade 10Grade 2Grade KGrade 1Grade 3Grade 5Grade 6Grade 7Grade 8Grade 9Grade 4

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DEFINITION:
Key Details are the important statements in a passage that support the main idea

HOW TO:
Example: “Jack loved the Summer season. He loved the warm air. He loved the playing in the pool with his friends. He loved the family vacations his family would go on during this part of the year. His birthday was also in july”
The main idea = “Jack loved the Summer season.”
The other sentences are the Key details that support this main idea.

Everyday Use:
Key details are used every day in reading and writing

Lyrics

KEY DETAILS 

You looking for the main idea 


You just found it 


Probably cause the key details 


Cause they surround it 


You looking for the main idea 


I’m looking for it  

Probably cause the key details cause they support it 
 
Key detail 


Is details 


Or they could simply be facts 


The main point of the text 


Character and events 


You making references 


Conclusions 


Which ever it is 


You have a understanding 


Woahhhh 


You listening and responding 


Engaging in discussions 


Finding word meanings 


Like woahhh 

Visualize 


Get the picture in your head 


Use schema 


remember 


What it said 


Key details in a passage 


Whatever support the topic 


Stay at it 


Keep on watching 


Keep on learning 


ain't no stopping 


We staying focus 


Like Woahhh 


You probably found your topic 


By using key 


Textual evidence 

Well it's a list of details 


that you Now have to learn 


Concrete details 


Yea ill explain it first 


Discrete information 


Facts and data 


Specific knowledge 


Tips to help you find the problem

 
Ayye now we on to the next one 


Descriptive details 


Yea that's the next one 


Which leave 


An impression 


On your mind 


Of a person place or thing 


Or a event in time

 
Now woahwoah 


Sensory details 


Is simply your senses 


And it ain't nothing else

 
It's only 5 of them 


What you see smell hear Taste 


Or what you touching 


All these details 

Standards

  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.6.4.A — Use context (e.g., the overall meaning of a sentence or paragraph; a word's position or function in a sentence) as a clue to the meaning of a word or phrase.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.2.2 — Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.1 — Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.2 — Determine two or more central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to provide a complex analysis; provide an objective summary of the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.1 — Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.9.B — Apply grade 7 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g. "Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is sound and the evidence is relevant and sufficient to support the claims").
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.B — Use narrative techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, reflection, and multiple plot lines, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.A — Introduce a topic; organize complex ideas, concepts, and information to make important connections and distinctions; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., figures, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.9 — Compare and contrast the most important points presented by two texts on the same topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.2 — Determine the main idea of a text; recount the key details and explain how they support the main idea.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1 — Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3 — Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.A — Introduce claim(s) and organize the reasons and evidence clearly.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.C — Use appropriate transitions to clarify the relationships among ideas and concepts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.3.D — Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.1 — Ask and answer such questions as who, what, where, when, why, and how to demonstrate understanding of key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.11-12.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in the text, including figurative and connotative meanings; analyze the impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone, including words with multiple meanings or language that is particularly fresh, engaging, or beautiful. (Include Shakespeare as well as other authors.)
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1.B — Provide reasons that support the opinion.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.8 — Describe how reasons support specific points the author makes in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.1 — Write arguments to support claims in an analysis of substantive topics or texts, using valid reasoning and relevant and sufficient evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.1.A — Introduce claim(s), acknowledge alternate or opposing claims, and organize the reasons and evidence logically.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.B — Develop the topic with well-chosen, relevant, and sufficient facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.2 — Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.7 — Analyze various accounts of a subject told in different mediums (e.g., a person's life story in both print and multimedia), determining which details are emphasized in each account.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.2 — Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.D — Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.8 — With guidance and support from adults, recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.9 — Integrate information from two texts on the same topic in order to write or speak about the subject knowledgeably.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1.B — Support claim(s) with clear reasons and relevant evidence, using credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.1.B — Support claim(s) with logical reasoning and relevant evidence, using accurate, credible sources and demonstrating an understanding of the topic or text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.7 — Conduct short research projects that build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 — Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.5 — Analyze how a particular sentence, paragraph, chapter, or section fits into the overall structure of a text and contributes to the development of the ideas.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.8 — Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.1 — Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.1.B — Provide logically ordered reasons that are supported by facts and details.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.1 — With prompting and support, ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.6.1 — Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.1.C — Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), reasons, and evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9.B — Apply grade 4 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text").
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.1.B — Provide reasons that are supported by facts and details.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.3 — Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.F — Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.1 — Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.1 — Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1.A — Introduce the topic or text they are writing about, state an opinion, and create an organizational structure that lists reasons.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.5.4 — Report on a topic or text or present an opinion, sequencing ideas logically and using appropriate facts and relevant, descriptive details to support main ideas or themes
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.D — Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.2.A — Introduce a topic; organize ideas, concepts, and information, using strategies such as definition, classification, comparison/contrast, and cause/effect; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1.C — Use words, phrases, and clauses to create cohesion and clarify the relationships among claim(s), counterclaims, reasons, and evidence.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.B — Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.2 — Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details; summarize the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.1.2 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.1.E — Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.K.2 — With prompting and support, retell familiar stories, including key details.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.2 — Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including its relationship to supporting ideas; provide an objective summary of the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.1 — Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.3.2 — Determine the main ideas and supporting details of a text read aloud or information presented in diverse media and formats, including visually, quantitatively, and orally.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.9.A — Apply grade 4 Reading standards to literature (e.g., "Describe in depth a character, setting, or event in a story or drama, drawing on specific details in the text [e.g., a character's thoughts, words, or actions].").
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.1 — Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply reasons that support the opinion, use linking words (e.g., because, and, also) to connect opinion and reasons, and provide a concluding statement or section.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.7 — Use the illustrations and details in a text to describe its key ideas.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.1 — Write opinion pieces in which they introduce the topic or name the book they are writing about, state an opinion, supply a reason for the opinion, and provide some sense of closure.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.C — Use appropriate and varied transitions to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.7.1 — Cite several pieces of textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.K.5 — With guidance and support from adults, respond to questions and suggestions from peers and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2 — Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9.B — Apply grade 6 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Trace and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, distinguishing claims that are supported by reasons and evidence from claims that are not").
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.2.E — Establish and maintain a formal style.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative, connotative, and technical meanings; analyze the cumulative impact of specific word choices on meaning and tone (e.g., how the language of a court opinion differs from that of a newspaper).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.1.5 — With guidance and support from adults, focus on a topic, respond to questions and suggestions from peers, and add details to strengthen writing as needed.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.8 — take brief notes on sources and sort evidence into provided categories.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.1.E — Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the argument presented.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.8 — With prompting and support, identify the reasons an author gives to support points in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.8 — Gather relevant information from multiple authoritative print and digital sources, using advanced searches effectively; assess the strengths and limitations of each source in terms of the task, purpose, and audience; integrate information into the text selectively to maintain the flow of ideas, avoiding plagiarism and overreliance on any one source and following a standard format for citation.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.1 — Refer to details and examples in a text when explaining what the text says explicitly and when drawing inferences from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.6.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.1 — Write arguments to support claims with clear reasons and relevant evidence
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.4.8 — Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.3 — Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, descriptive details, and clear event sequences.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.4 — Determine the meaning of words and phrases as they are used in a text, including figurative and connotative meanings
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.11-12.3 — Evaluate a speaker's point of view, reasoning, and use of evidence and rhetoric, assessing the stance, premises, links among ideas, word choice, points of emphasis, and tone used.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.9.B — Apply grades 9-10 Reading standards to literary nonfiction (e.g., "Delineate and evaluate the argument and specific claims in a text, assessing whether the reasoning is valid and the evidence is relevant and sufficient; identify false statements and fallacious reasoning").
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.A — Introduce a topic clearly, previewing what is to follow; organize ideas, concepts, and information into broader categories; include formatting (e.g., headings), graphics (e.g., charts, tables), and multimedia when useful to aiding comprehension.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.7 — Conduct short research projects that build knowledge about a topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.7.2 — Determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.F — Provide a concluding statement or section that follows from and supports the information or explanation presented (e.g., articulating implications or the significance of the topic).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.7 — Analyze the representation of a subject or a key scene in two different artistic mediums, including what is emphasized or absent in each treatment (e.g., Auden's "Musée des Beaux Arts" and Breughel's Landscape with the Fall of Icarus).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.9-10.2.D — Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to manage the complexity of the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.2 — Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.2.B — Develop the topic with facts, definitions, and details.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.3.1 — Write opinion pieces on topics or texts, supporting a point of view with reasons.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.4.2.B — Develop the topic with facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples related to the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.2 — Identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.7 — Conduct short research projects that use several sources to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.9-10.9 — Analyze seminal U.S. documents of historical and literary significance (e.g., Washington's Farewell Address, the Gettysburg Address, Roosevelt's Four Freedoms speech, King's "Letter from Birmingham Jail"), including how they address related themes and concepts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.7.2 — Analyze the main ideas and supporting details presented in diverse media and formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively, orally) and explain how the ideas clarify a topic, text, or issue under study.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.B — Develop the topic thoroughly by selecting the most significant and relevant facts, extended definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples appropriate to the audience's knowledge of the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL..11-12.1 — Cite strong and thorough textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text, including determining where the text leaves matters uncertain.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.K.2 — With prompting and support, identify the main topic and retell key details of a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.1 — Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.8 — Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point(s).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.1.1 — Ask and answer questions about key details in a text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.1.D — Review the key ideas expressed and explain their own ideas and understanding in light of the discussion.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.2.D — Use precise language and domain-specific vocabulary to inform about or explain the topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2.C — Use appropriate and varied transitions and syntax to link the major sections of the text, create cohesion, and clarify the relationships among complex ideas and concepts.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.2.8 — Recall information from experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.2.6 — Identify the main purpose of a text, including what the author wants to answer, explain, or describe.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2 — Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a topic and convey ideas, concepts, and information through the selection, organization, and analysis of relevant content.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.7.9 — Draw evidence from literary or informational texts to support analysis, reflection, and research.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.1 — Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.3.9 — Compare and contrast the most important points and key details presented in two texts on the same topic.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.8.6 — Determine an author's point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.9-10.9 — Analyze how an author draws on and transforms source material in a specific work (e.g., how Shakespeare treats a theme or topic from Ovid or the Bible or how a later author draws on a play by Shakespeare).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.5.9.B — Apply grade 5 Reading standards to informational texts (e.g., "Explain how an author uses reasons and evidence to support particular points in a text, identifying which reasons and evidence support which point[s]"").
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.11-12.5 — Analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the structure an author uses in his or her exposition or argument, including whether the structure makes points clear, convincing, and engaging.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.8.1 — Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.2 — Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.4.3 — Identify the reasons and evidence a speaker provides to support particular points.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.D — Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.6.3 — Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.11-12.3.C — Use a variety of techniques to sequence events so that they build on one another to create a coherent whole and build toward a particular tone and outcome (e.g., a sense of mystery, suspense, growth, or resolution).
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.SL.K.2 — Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.W.8.2.B — Develop the topic with relevant facts, definitions, concrete details, quotations, or other information and examples.
  • CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.L.8.4.D — Verify the preliminary determination of the meaning of a word or phrase (e.g., by checking the inferred meaning in context or in a dictionary).