LESSON SEVEN: Writing Summaries – part two

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students write summaries of text from magazines, newspapers, and/or informational.

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

W3D       Write summaries of text from magazines, newspapers, and/or informational articles. 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of literature 

• None

§         Supplies 

o        None

§         Handouts provided

o        None

§         Words to Know

o        summary

o        summarize

o        graphic organizer

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

Given a third short passage, students will use the GRASP procedure to write a summary of the passage

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

1. Review using notes to make a summary. Explain that you will be using another summarization strategy called GRASP.

2. Take notes on the GRASP Procedure.  Model the process step-by-step.  Read a short passage together.  Turn the book face down and have students try to recall what they remember.  Record recollections on the board.  Discuss how and why to delete trivial and repetitious information from the list.  Be sure they include all important information. Then, using prior knowledge from note taking, guide the students into completing a graphic organizer (teacher’s choice).  This way the can collapse a list into categories. Finally, the students integrate the organizer into a summary.

3. Again, use a short passage. In groups, the students read the article, jot down important ideas, create a graphic organizer, and write a summary.  The groups share summaries.  Discuss similarities, differences, and questions.