LESSON FOUR: Putting it all Together

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students summarize information clearly and concisely in a multi-paragraph text routinely using an appropriate method for note-taking.

 

Marzano’s research has confirmed the importance of summarizing and note-taking in effective instruction. This lesson incorporates research-proven summarizing practices into the MAP-Plus Model Curriculum. 

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

W3D       Write a multi-paragraph text that summarizes large amounts of information clearly and concisely

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Source of Literature

o        None

 

§         Supplies 

 

§         Handouts provided

o        Formative Assessment for Lesson Four

 

§         Words to know

o        Summarize

o        note-taking

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

Using stimulus material, students practice the rule-based strategy to determine what material will be deleted, substituted, and kept. Students create a multi-paragraph summary of the text.  Answer guide provided.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

 

Questions

for

Students

Why is summarizing a necessary skill?

Why is it necessary to summarize in complete sentences and paragraph form?

What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?

In nonfiction texts, where are you likely to find the main idea?

What information is important to keep in its original format?

 

  1. Explain the ability to summarize is an essential skill for taking notes, but students may at times need to summarize in paragraph form.  

       

  1. Place the following information on the overhead. With the underlined words blank on the overhead, students take notes and brainstorm words for the blanks. Explain that these are keywords in the passage.

 

Strategy

Student will need the following: The Rule-Based Strategy for summarization. (Marzano 30).

§         delete material: redundant or nonessential

§         substitute material; substitution of original material for terms that are more concise.

§         keep material: original wording of key information

 

 

 

                                             

Idea

Students should be aware of nonfiction text features:

§          headings, and subheadings, graphs and charts, topic sentences, etc. These often contain the main ideas.

§         summaries are approximately one-third the length of the original text.

 

  1. Show an example of a text (from hero theme resources) that has not been summarized on the overhead.

 

  1. As a whole group, students follow the rule-based strategy and mark the text on the overhead. Together, students combine and create material from that text to create a new summary. Finally, students compare it to the scoring guide for summaries.