Identifying Main Ideas and Central Idea with“College students with disabilities are too often excluded” by CommonLit

Identifying Main Ideas and Central Idea with “College students with disabilities are too often excluded”

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Summary:
In this text, students learn about the experiences of people with disabilities in college and the actions that can be taken to create more inclusive campuses. Students practice finding the main ideas of each paragraph or section and then the article’s overall central idea.

Subject and topic: 

ELA, Diversity and Equity, Social and Emotional Learning

Grade level:

11th

Duration: 

30 - 55 minutes

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