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Main Idea or Just True? The Community Board

Created by Argraide
Updated October 27th, 2026
Main Idea or Just True? The Community Board

At a glance

Staff pick
Picked by the Argraide team
Play mode
📱 Solo
Format
🖼️ 2D
Length
⏱ About 20 minutes
Subject
ELA
Grade
10
Curriculum
Ontario
Curriculum codes
B1.3
B2.1
B3.2

About this activity

Grade 10 OSSLT reading practice on four original information paragraphs pinned to a fictional Ontario lake town's community board: choose the main idea, run the umbrella check, find where it is stated, sort the details into an organizer, and pick word meanings from context.

What students learn

  • Identify the main idea of an information paragraph and tell it apart from true supporting details and from statements broader than the paragraph
  • Locate a stated topic sentence wherever it sits, or recognize that the main idea is implied
  • Organize supporting details under the idea they support and reject details the text never states
  • Work out the meaning of a word from its context rather than its everyday meaning

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