Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Implied Main Idea

   The students made the teacher's job a lot easier yesterday, but not in a way she liked.  First, 5 students failed to do the reading - either they didn't read the book and based their homework on the movie, or they copied from someone who did.  Either way, they all got zeroes.  Next two students did a reasonable job with the assignment; however, their papers were exactly the same.  The teacher imagined that one of the students did the work, but she didn't know which one.  As a result, they both got zeroes.  Next, a really good paper looked too good for a level 5 student, even with a tutor's help.  In fact, this paper had many sentences copied from a website, so it was no surprise the grammar was perfect.  Another zero.  Finally, three students didn't do the work at all, so she didn't have to grade their papers.  3 more zeroes!  Now the teacher wonders how many times she has been fooled before.  Although the cheating students are the losers - they pay money to learn and then work hard not to - she also feels like a loser. 

  • What is the topic?
  • What is/are the implied main ideas?

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