1. Topic-
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2. Content-
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Summarize to increase comprehension monitoring. |
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3. Goals: Aims/Outcomes-
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1. Students will understand and show their knowledge of summarizing
as it deals with the comprehension of on-level text. |
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4. Objectives-
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1. Students will demonstrate knowledge of summarization.
2. Students will utilize various summarizing strategies.
3. Students will demonstrate an understanding of how using summarizing
can increase comprehension. |
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5. Materials and Aids-
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1. Promethean flipcharts on summarization.
2. Summary ball
3. Story Works
4. SkippyJon Jones
5. Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters
6. Strategy templates for student use |
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6. Procedures/Methods-
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A. Introduction-
Introduce the students to the meaning of summarizing. Add the strategy
to the CAFE board. Explain the use of this strategy by showing Promethean
flipchart on summarizing. |
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B. Development-
Day 1: Read the story "SkippyJon Jones" to the students. Use the
Promethean chart "Somebody, wanted, but, so" to come up with one summarizing
sentence for the entire story.
Day 3: Read "Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters". Fill out a Who, What,
When, Why chart on the Promethean board as a large group. |
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C. Practice-
Day 2: Read the article in "Story Works" magazine. Have students
complete "Somebody, wanted, but, so" in small groups.
Day 4: Read story from "Story Works", and use the summary ball (beach
ball with each section labeled with Who, What, When, Where..) |
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D. Independent Practice-
Day 5: Read the poem by Shel Silverstein, "Sick". Students will
write a summary response to explain what they read. Then they will
reduce their summary to a 1-5 word summary. |
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E. Accommodations (Differentiated Instruction)-
The summary ball is a hands on activity, to accommodate all learners.
The development activities are read by the teacher, so all learners
will be able to participate. |
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F. Checking for understanding-
Students will be assessed by completing the summary type of their
choice over the basal story we are reading at that time. |
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G. Closure-
Summarizing will remain as a listed strategy on the CAFE board.
It will be revisited on a weekly basis in conjunction with the use
of all strategies on the board. |
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7. Evaluation-
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Students had a good understanding of the use of summarizing and
the various tools that can be used to summarize. |
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