Today in class the students worked in small groups to complete a Summary and the Author’s Craft for the article, “Do Athletes Make Too Much Money.”  We discussed important components of each of these paragraphs and peer edited our work with a partner.  As a class, we determined that the following are important things to include in a Summary:

• Main Idea
• Article Title/Author
• Supporting Details
• Vocabulary from the text

We determined that the following list contains important parts of Author’s Craft:

• Point of View
• Genre
• How the information is organized

Tonight, the students have been asked to summarize the article “Pro Athletes’ Salaries Aren’t Overly Exorbitant.”  They have been asked to determine the Author’s Purpose for writing this article too.

Have a great evening!