Sunday, September 7, 2014

Wednesday, September 10, MAIN IDEA

Objective: By the end of class, students will examine Keystone literary terms in order to determine prior knowledge and use active reading strategies in order to find the MAIN IDEA of a passage or video..

DO NOW

Yesterday we focused on summarizing and using active reading strategies in order to improve comprehension. These strategies will now help you find the MAIN IDEA of a passage. Write into Notebooks:

MAIN IDEA  = TOPIC + Author's point about the topic


Direct Instruction

main idea

Main idea handout. Read directions and example.

Guided Independent

stress / learn to relax

Stress and your brain

As you watch video, write down the TOPIC, MAIN IDEA and two  DETAILS/EXAMPLES that support your main idea.


Complete main idea handout.

Closure

Review how to find the main idea.

Exit Pass - A LONG ONE

Keystone Terms / vocabulary.  Without looking anything up, complete the following handout. Do your best. Do not worry if you do not know the answers; numbers incorrect will not negatively affect your grade.  You will receive a participation grade for completing.









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