Ojbective:  My partner and I can think aloud to find the gist of five selected chunks from the beginning of Ch. in TKAM.

Bell:  DLW(5:1)

Activities:

1.  Student as teacher makes corrections.  Focus: Capitalization

2.  Teacher and student model “finding the gist” of the first paragraph of Ch. 2.

3.  Think-Write-Share:  Student pairs will write the “gist” statement for each of the next four chunks and prepare a rationale for why each one was chosen.

4.  Share Out:  At the Promethean board, randomly selected students will explain a “gist” for a given chunk.

HW:  Write the gist for each of the 5 chunks at home.  Continue the next one that continues into your copy of TKAM.  Be prepared to defend your choices.