Lesson: Elements of a Good Summary
Lesson Objective
Lesson Plan
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5.IT-E.1. Identify the author’s purpose and summarize the critical details of expository text, maintaining chronological or logical order. |
Objective
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Students will know and be able to construct a good summary. |
Do Now |
Write a summary of the last movie you saw. |
Hook |
The ability to write a summary is a tool you will need for the rest of your life. It is essential to daily communication and academics. It is the ability to tell what is important in a concise way. You give summaries all the time. If someone ask you, “What did you do in math class today?” You might say, I studied fractions. Is that a good summary? Discuss why that is not a good summary. Have students tell you what the important elements of a summary are. Have them explain the important elements when summarizing fiction (character, setting, problem, solution, moral). Also explain the importance of retelling in chronological order.
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Direct Instruction |
Tell students that we are going to write a summary of Me and Nessie by Eloise Greenfield. Read to p. 5. Say, “The author is showing and telling us the problem in the story very early on. I am already thinking that the problem in the story (her imaginary friend) might be important to my summary. I also already have three characters to add to my summary. I am going to use this graphic organizer to keep track of my thinking. (see story map: http://www.sanchezclass.com/reading-graphic-organizers.htm)
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Guided Practice |
Continue to read the text and add to the graphic organizer. Then demonstrate how to take the information from the graphic organizer to write a short summary. in chronological order.
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Independent Practice |
Have students use graphic organizer to write a summary about their independent text.
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Closing |
Share summaries and remind students of the purpose of being able to summarize a text. |
Quiz/Assessment |
Assess students graphic organizer
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Lesson Resources
Graphic Organizers for Reading |
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