Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Thursday, Feb 11 - Introduction and 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.

DO NOW

Write into Notebooks:

Genre - A type of literature (fiction, non-fiction, prose, poetry, news articles, drama, etc)

To summarize = to simplify by putting in your own words; stating the "who, what, where and why" without details or quotations.

PLOT - a series of events (the action, what actually happens in  a story)

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


Direct Instruction

Active reading Strategies handout  /

Main Idea Handout with the main idea paragraphs (multiple choice).

Guided

Work through the first three main idea / multiple choice paragraphs together. 
Complete on own and review last three together.

Guided 

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.


Independent
Read 'Diary of A Mad Blender together using active reading strategies. 
In books, complete page 6, identifying supporting details and the main idea.


Check for Understanding

Individual student checks during independent work.

Closure

Review finding the MAIN IDEA and how it is not always the first or last sentence of a paragraph or passage, but often must be inferred.

Exit Pass

Where can you usually find the main idea of a passage? Is it always exactly stated, word for word?







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