LESSON SIX: Writing Summaries – part one

                             

LESSON DESCRIPTION

Students learn to write summaries.

 

GRADE-LEVEL EXPECTATIONS

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

 

LESSON MATERIALS

§         Sources of literature 

 

§         Supplies 

o        Chart paper

o        Chalkboard

 

§         Handouts provided

o        None

 

§         Words to Know

o        summary

o        summarize

 

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT 

Using their own notes from the article in Lesson Four.

 

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

  1. In small groups, students find reasons why we summarize.  Next, ask a representative from each group to add examples (until a master list has been completed). 

 

Questions

for

Students

What types of thing do we summarize?

What types of things do we look for when we summarize?

 

 

  1. Show students how to use notes to make a summary. (Notes modeled in Lesson Four will be used.) Start and then students assist until completion of the summary using the notes.

 

Questions

for

Students

What would be our topic sentence?

How could this point be made into a sentence?

Do you understand how the points and sub-points make sentences?

 

  1. Students create another summary using the notes from their guided practice done in class during Lesson Four.  Students use a cooperative learning strategy where each person takes turns writing a sentence from the notes to complete the summary.  Writing will be completed on chart paper or chalkboard to post.  After presenting summary to the class, discuss to determine similarities and differences in the summaries.