9/12 Summary Writing

      Reminders

• Whenever you need help, please ask for it.
• Please write your homework in your assignment book.
• Please review the goal and agenda for the day (posted in the classroom).

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Today in class you will

• review information about topics, main ideas, details, and summaries
• evaluate a summary

Why?

• to become better readers and writers
• to develop your ability to process information

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DIRECTIONS    If you are waiting at any point, work with the Waiting Activities listed in the right-hand column of this page.

1.  Discuss with someone near you what you will be doing in class today and why (see above).       1 minute

2.  Answer the question posted under QUESTIONS in Google Classroom.                      5 minutes

3.   Wait for whole class discussion.                       5 minutes

4.   Open the summary writing practice document under WRITING in Google Classroom.  By yourself,                      10 minutes

• review about topics, main ideas, and details
• review about summaries
• evaluate a summary

5.    Wait for whole class discussion.                        10 minutes

6.   Revise                        10 minutes

7.  Whole class discussion.                       10 minutes

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Parents: Instead of Asking Your Child,

"What Did You Do in School Today?"

You can ask them.......

• What makes your revised summary better than the original? 

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