Finding the Main Points

What are we learning today?

You will learn to find the main points of a short text. You will use a biography and the start of a story as models.

Explanation

• Main points answer these questions: Who? What? Why?
• Read the text once. Do not use a dictionary.
• George Eliot (1819-1880) is the pen name of Mary Ann Evans. She was a famous writer. She wrote seven novels. Many ideas in her book The Mill on the Floss (1860) came from her own life.
• In the story, Maggie and Tom are sister and brother. Mrs Tulliver is their mother. Maggie has a big idea: she wants to cut her hair, because her aunts criticise it.

Examples

1. Mrs Tulliver is the mother of Maggie and Tom.
2. Maggie cuts her hair because her aunts criticise it.

Remember!

• Answer Who? What? Why? in one sentence each.
• If you can do it, you know the main points.

Check yourself

1. Who is Tom to Maggie?
2. What is Maggie's big idea?
3. What is the pen name of Mary Ann Evans?