Objective: I can write a summary of my SSR reading by listing 4 or 5 main points as I read, identifying its main idea, and follows the given exemplar at the Promethean Board.
Activities:
- SSR: Read to list 4 or 5 main points.
- Turn-and-Talk: Students will discuss with their elbow partners their lists while attempting to identify the them or topic that the author was developing.
- Independent Study: Students will write a five or six sentence paragraph summary in the style of the given exemplar on the board.
- Share Out: A volunteer will write her/his summary on the board for whole-class analysis.
- Independent Study: Students will complete the reading for Parts 8 and 9(149-152) of “Land.”
- HW: Complete the reading and answer worksheet questions for pages 149-152. See yesterday’s blog for the worksheet and the copied pages from the text.