Main Idea Quiz

1. Please write your full name:

Please write your full name: Name:

2. How do you use Get the Gist?

How do you use Get the Gist? Huh?

What is the most important thing, Put it in your own words

Who is it about, What is the most important thing

Who is it about, What is the most important thing, Put it in 10 words or less

3. When should you use Get the Gist?

When should you use Get the Gist? When you are telling a story

When you are trying to figure out the main idea

When you are trying to find a detail

When you are riding your bike

4. What is the most common type of question on the TAKS test?

What is the most common type of question on the TAKS test? Main idea

Main idea

5. Why is it important to use Get the Gist to help with Main Idea questions?

Why is it important to use Get the Gist to help with Main Idea questions? To be a better basketball player

Because it is one of the best ways to get 6 - 7 questions right on the TAKS test

To improve my fashion sense

For something to do

6. Read the story and then answer the questions below it. You can write your Get the Gist notes in the space below the story, if you'd like.

The Ant and the Grasshopper

In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, carrying a heavy piece of corn he was taking to the nest.

"Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper,
"instead of working so hard?"

"I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same."

"Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil.

When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants eating every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of hunger.

Read the story and then answer the questions below it. You can write your Get the Gist notes in the space below the story, if you'd like. The Ant and the Grasshopper In a field one summer's day a Grasshopper was hopping about, chirping and singing to its heart's content. An Ant passed by, carrying a heavy piece of corn he was taking to the nest. "Why not come and chat with me," said the Grasshopper, "instead of working so hard?" "I am helping to lay up food for the winter," said the Ant, "and recommend you to do the same." "Why bother about winter?" said the Grasshopper; we have got plenty of food at present." But the Ant went on its way and continued its toil. When the winter came the Grasshopper had no food and found itself dying of hunger, while it saw the ants eating every day corn and grain from the stores they had collected in the summer. Then the Grasshopper knew: It is best to prepare for the days of hunger.

7. The main idea of the story is:

The main idea of the story is: Ant works hard and has lots of food for winter

Grasshopper learns from Ant: all play, no work, isn't good

Corn is stored up for winter by the busy ants

Grasshopper plays and ends up going hungry

8. How does the grasshopper change by the end of the story?

How does the grasshopper change by the end of the story? He wishes he was in Hawaii on the beach

He is cold and dying

He wishes he would have listened to Ant

He hasn't changed

9. Which event goes on the line?

1. A grasshopper is hopping around
2. An ant walks by carrying a heavy piece of corn
3. The grasshopper wants to play
4. The ant says he can't play because he's working
5. The grasshopper says he doesn't need to worry about winter
6. The ant keeps working
7. Winter comes
8. _________________
9. The ants have plenty to eat
10. The grasshopper learns that he should have done some work

Which event goes on the line? 1. A grasshopper is hopping around 2. An ant walks by carrying a heavy piece of corn 3. The grasshopper wants to play 4. The ant says he can't play because he's working 5. The grasshopper says he doesn't need to worry about winter 6. The ant keeps working 7. Winter comes 8. _________________ 9. The ants have plenty to eat 10. The grasshopper learns that he should have done some work The grasshopper is dying of hunger

The grasshopper learns a lesson

The ants pass out food to each other

The ants share their food