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    The document contains 6 passages about Valentine's Day and related holidays. It provides instructions to write a main idea sentence, create a title, and organize information into a graphic organizer representing the text structure for each passage. The passages cover topics such as thoughtful ways to express love without spending money, the origins and focus of Valentine's Day versus Sweetest Day, the commercial origins of Sweetest Day, the history of exchanging Valentine's Day cards, strategies for avoiding relationship issues over gift-giving expectations, and a story with a moral about young people dating.

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    The document contains 6 passages about Valentine's Day and related holidays. It provides instructions to write a main idea sentence, create a title, and organize information into a graphic organizer representing the text structure for each passage. The passages cover topics such as thoughtful ways to express love without spending money, the origins and focus of Valentine's Day versus Sweetest Day, the commercial origins of Sweetest Day, the history of exchanging Valentine's Day cards, strategies for avoiding relationship issues over gift-giving expectations, and a story with a moral about young people dating.

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    The document contains 6 passages about Valentine's Day and related holidays. It provides instructions to write a main idea sentence, create a title, and organize information into a graphic organizer representing the text structure for each passage. The passages cover topics such as thoughtful ways to express love without spending money, the origins and focus of Valentine's Day versus Sweetest Day, the commercial origins of Sweetest Day, the history of exchanging Valentine's Day cards, strategies for avoiding relationship issues over gift-giving expectations, and a story with a moral about young people dating.

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    Main Idea 6 V Day PDF

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    david quik
    The document contains 6 passages about Valentine's Day and related holidays. It provides instructions to write a main idea sentence, create a title, and organize information into a graphic organizer representing the text structure for each passage. The passages cover topics such as thoughtful ways to express love without spending money, the origins and focus of Valentine's Day versus Sweetest Day, the commercial origins of Sweetest Day, the history of exchanging Valentine's Day cards, strategies for avoiding relationship issues over gift-giving expectations, and a story with a moral about young people dating.

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    Name: ________________________________

    Valentines Day Main Idea and Text Structure Review


    Directions: Read each passage and on a separate sheet of paper
    1. Write a sentence explaining the main idea of the text
    2. Create a title for the passage related to the main idea.
    3. Put information from the passage into a graphic organizer representing the text structure.
    Structures: cause and effect, chronological, compare and contrast, sequence / process writing,
    problem and solution, or spatial /descriptive writing.
    1. There are many thoughtful ways to express your love for another person without spending money: you
    could write a song or cook a meal, but perhaps the best way to express yourself is to create a card.
    Creating a card is easy if you have the proper materials. Get yourself some nice, thick resume paper or
    cardstock and fold it in half. Draw some imagery of love on the front of the card; if you're not good at
    drawing, you can clip out pictures. If you decide to use markers, be careful not to let them bleed through
    the paper and ruin the other side. Lastly, write a poem or heartfelt statement on the inside to your beloved
    and you're done. Now isn't that a much better way to express your love than a rose from the gas station?

    2. Some people think that some holidays celebrating love are nothing but clever ploys by marketers to get
    consumers to buy candy, flowers, and stuffed animals, but who cares? In America, we celebrate two love
    themed holidays: Valentine's Day and Sweetest Day. Valentine's Day is celebrated in the winter, while
    Sweetest Day is celebrated in the fall. Valentine's Day is more focused on bringing lovers together, while
    Sweetest Day is for all of the friends, relatives, and associates whose kindness we've enjoyed. Both
    occasions, however, are great times to remember what's most important: the people about whom we care.

    3. Money moves most things in our world. For example the National Confectioners Association, a
    collection of over seventy major candy manufacturers, wanted to sell more candy. Apparently, when
    people buy candy, they make money. Anyway, they wanted to make more money; so in 1921 they
    created a "holiday" called Sweetest Day. They've since spent millions of dollars trying to convince
    consumers that this holiday exists and that consumers should celebrate this very real and meaningful
    occasion by purchasing candy. Card dealer Hallmark has also heavily promoted this specter of
    commercial interest, prompting the notion that Sweetest Day is a "Hallmark Holiday." That reminds me:
    have you ever heard of Give Me a Dollar Day?

    4. Every Valentine's Day millions of school children slip each other cards: some sloppily assembled for
    classmates and friends, others more heartfelt and carefully composed, but most students have no idea how
    far back this practice dates. The earliest Valentine's Day card dates back to the 1400s. When postage
    rates dropped in the early 1800s, mailing them grew in popularity. Then, in the 1840s, the first Valentine's
    cards were mass produced. Today, the Valentine's Day card continues to evolve. In 2010, an estimated
    15 million e-valentines were sent. But some things never change: Will you be mine? Click "Y" or "N."

    5. Some people have a hard time remembering to get their loved ones appropriate gifts on Valentine's
    Day. This can lead to painfully long talks about "where the relationship stands." Perhaps the best way to
    avoid these talks is by taking the moral highroad. Instead of forgetting these holidays, choose not to
    celebrate them. Inform your loved one that you don't want to buy into the materialism and
    commercialism of these manufactured holidays. Tell that person that you want to have a relationship with
    them, not the marketers, and that you want to celebrate your love everyday, not just one day a year. It's a
    tough pitch, but if you can make the sale then you'll be in the clear for life.

    6. Jimmy didn't have any money, but he wanted to show Jane that she meant a lot to him, so he decided
    to make her a Valentine's Day card. He got some nice, thick cardstock paper and folded it in half. He cut
    it into the shape of a heart and drew a cherub on the front of it. Then, he wrote a thoughtful message on
    the inside. When he gave it to Jane, she was so touched that she cried and her tears stained the front of
    the card. Thinking the card ruined, Jimmy was so offended that he broke up with her calling her a
    "crybaby" as he left. The moral of the story is that young people shouldn't date.

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