READING. Main idea and Details. Page 92 and 94.

The main idea of a text is the point the is trying to make. It can be anywhere in a text, but is usually found in the first paragraph. Each section of a text can also has its own main idea.

Details are additional facts or reasons that support the main idea and help to explain it. They are sometimes introduced with words like for example, first and finally.

Task. Complete the news paper article with the following words; widely, estimate, ancestor, brand-new, ingenious, allies.

Chief Detective Stevens, whose _________ Alfred Stevens, was a code breaker in the late 19^th century, has discovered a __________ code that no one has ever seen before! The code involves an __________ system of light pulses used by criminals to send signals. Detectives and their _________ around the world now __________ believe that understanding the code will help them solve many mysteries. Police _________ that they will have the code completely cracked within the next few days.