ELA 2020 Videos - How can a text have two or more main ideas? | Reading | Khan Academy

Keep going! Check out the next lesson and practice what you’re learning: https://www.khanacademy.org/ela/cc-5th-reading-vocab/x798e47233e450b09:cc-5th-athletes-in-action/x798e47233e450b09:close-reading-informational-text-title-ix/v/using-examples-reading Unless you’re a quantum particle, you can’t be in two places at once. But your mind *CAN*. Texts can contain more than one main idea: multiple, equally-important arguments can be threaded through a single text. Let’s talk about how that works! Khan Academy is a nonprofit organization with the mission of providing a free, world-class education for anyone, anywhere. We offer quizzes, questions, instructional videos, and articles on a range of academic subjects, including math, biology, chemistry, physics, history, economics, finance, grammar, preschool learning, and more. We provide teachers with tools and data so they can help their students develop the skills, habits, and mindsets for success in school and beyond. Khan Academy has been translated into dozens of languages, and 15 million people around the globe learn on Khan Academy every month. As a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, we would love your help! Donate or volunteer today! Donate here: https://www.khanacademy.org/donate?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=desc Volunteer here: https://www.khanacademy.org/contribute?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=desc Attributions: The public domain map of the United States comes from Wikipedia! “How can you be in two places at once when you’re not anywhere at all?” is the name of a very goofy counterculture comedy record from the 60s by The Firesign Theatre. The song I sing a snippet of is from Track 2 on the CD version, “Zeno’s Evil”. Prepare yourself: it is very dense.