DAILY LESSON PLAN Teachers Name: Unit/ Lesson Plan Topic: Summary Writing A enda: What is a Summary?

y? Why do we summarize? Summarizing Expository Text a# 'n!lude the main ideas and most signi%i!ant details (# )se the student*s own words+ ex!ept %or ,uotations !# -e%le!t underlying meaning+ not .ust the super%i!ial details# O"#ecti$es: When as/ed to summarize passages %rom expository texts+ students will (e a(le to use a s!a%%olding te!hni,ue to !orre!tly identi%y main ideas and other essential in%ormation to in!lude in a !on!ise manner# Students will (e a(le to determine what in%ormation should (e ex!luded and the rationale %or this# dditionally+ with the !ompletion o% the lesson 0and %ollowing day*s lesson1+ students will (e a(le to e2aluate the e%%e!ti2eness o% a ma.ority o% summaries in terms o% (re2ity and main ideas presented# %aterials Needed: 3andouts+ o2erhead+ paper and pen# Acti$ities: Time $ mins# Teacher Proced&res 11 4egin with a dis!ussion o% what a summary is and why we summarize# Students and tea!her openly dis!uss topi! together and tea!her will en!ourage student ideas and thoughts# $ mins# "1 5istri(ute 3andout 1 6Summarizing Expository Text#7 'n%orm them that handout should (e /ept in (inders+ as they will use these as a re%eren!e/guide when summarizing later passages# )se handout as shared reading exer!ise# 5is!uss s!a%%olding on handout and as/ ,uestions regarding s!a%%olding .ust dis!ussed to ensure !omprehension# 1 St&dent 'esponsi"ilities 11 Students are responsi(le %or ta/ing notes as they see %it+ as well as !ontri(uting to the dis!ussion to show whether or not they ha2e an understanding o% the topi! a(out to (e dis!ussed in detail# This will help the tea!her determine the extent o% s!a%%olding needed %or this topi!# "1 Students are responsi(le %or !ontri(uting in shared reading exer!ise and as/ing ,uestions when in%ormation is un!lear# Students are also responsi(le %or understanding the s!a%%olding pro!ess explained in the handout+ and should ta/e an a!ti2e role in answering ,uestions regarding its !ontents# Class/Period: 7th Grade English Date: 10/8/08

Cali!ornia Content Standards: Writing ppli!ations "#$ Write summaries o% reading materials&

81 9ost o2erhead transparen!y/pass out 10 mins# 3andout " and pass out 3andout "#1 6Summary o% :::7# Tea!her will read aloud 3andout " to !lass %rom o2erhead+ then as/ !lass to !ome up with main idea and important points# This will (e a group e%%ort# ;1 s/ students to ,ui!/ly get into "0 mins# groups o% 8<;# 9ass out 3andout "#" 6Glo(al Warning lert=7 to ea!h student in group# -ead together as !lass+ where (oth tea!her and student read parts o% arti!le# 5is!uss any !on%usion and !lari%y any 2o!a(ulary or !ontent that may (e !on%using# Then+ ha2e groups %ill out next se!tion on their own using 3andout "#" and 3andout "#1 0the arti!le1# When groups are %inished+ ha2e !lass dis!ussion o% %indings# Ensure students are on right tra!/# 3a2e groups repeat pro!ess %or paragraph 8 and then dis!uss# Tea!her wal/s around room during this a!ti2ity# -e2iew a!ti2ity and rules %or summarizing (y ,uestioning !lass# Tea!her will explain homewor/+ as well as note %urther re2iew o% summary writing the %ollowing day#

81 Students are to %ollow along with passage on o2erhead+ as well as help tea!her determine main idea and important points# >n!e there is o2erall agreement that meets tea!her*s appro2al+ students are to re!ord group %indings on 3andout "#" in 69aragraph 17 0%irst se!tion only1# Tea!her is to wal/ around and ensure students are %illing in %irst se!tion# ;1 3a2e students summarize the next paragraph o% the arti!le 0paragraph 1 was !o2ered on o2erhead as sample paragraph1 using 3andout "#"+ and %ill in in%ormation gathered# >n!e !ompleted+ students are to dis!uss with !lass and tea!her their %indings# They are then to repeat the pro!ess with paragraph 8# There will (e a !lass dis!ussion on this paragraph when !ompleted as well# Groups will %inish wor/sheet with writing the summary !olla(orati2ely# ?olunteer %rom ea!h group will read summary aloud# @inish indi2idually %or homewor/ i% not !ompleted#

8 mins#

Alass o%%ers answers a(out summary re2iew to show /nowledge gained 2ia exer!ises today# Students are to !opy down homewor/ in agendas and as/ ,uestions i% un!lear#

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(ome)or*: 11 Aut out or print a relati2ely (rie% arti!le %rom a newspaper or magazine 0'nternet arti!les a!!epta(le %rom 2alid sour!es 0i#e# Time+ Bewswee/+ Bew Cor/ Times+ et!#1 whi!h you will read+ annotating and highlighting important in%ormation %rom the arti!le# "1 >n a separate pie!e o% paper+ staple the arti!le to this paper and write a summary o% what you ha2e read# 'n!lude the main idea and other important/rele2ant in%ormation# 0-esponses should (e a %ew senten!es+ D page maximum#1 E$al&ation: Assi nments: (ando&t +,- .S&mmar/ o! 00001 (ome)or*2 3ind article and s&mmari4e dra%t %orm next day in !lass# Lesson Plan Commentar//'e!lection: This lesson is designed in order that students (egin to grasp the !on!ept o% summarizing expository texts+ understand how to %ind main ideas and in!lude important points into summaries# They will understand the importan!e o% (re2ity and !on!iseness in summaries+ how to ex!lude unne!essary details and how to s!a%%old their learning+ understanding that summarizing needs to start as a step<(y<step pro!ess# The homewor/ is designed so that students not only ta/e their summarizing s/ills and apply them+ (ut also intera!t with expository texts a(out today*s topi!s and e2ents# This should %amiliarize students with where to %ind !urrent e2ent arti!les and get them to intera!t with sour!es# Summarizing is an extremely important s/ill and will not (e o2erloo/ed or s/immed through (rie%ly# The !lass should !ontinually re2isit summarizing in e2ery writing+ or reading+ assignment so the s/ills are /ept %resh in their minds and e2entually ingrained in their (rains# Ey hope is that this lesson will (e a su%%i!ient introdu!tion (ut that %ollowing lessons will tou!h on this li%e long s/ill# 9oints& 10 9oints& 1$ Bote& Aompletion o% 3andout gets %ull !redit# @uture summaries will (e graded# Bote& Aompletion o% 3W gets %ull !redit# Summaries will (e rewritten and put into %inal

Student 3andout 8

Summarizing Expository Text

A summary: a short restatement of the main idea and important details in a piece of writing or another work. Steps in Summarizing: 1. Read the selection carefully, more than once. Before you begin to write, make sure you understand what the selection says.

2. Highlight or make a list of the most important information in the first paragraph, including the main idea.

3. Try to rewrite one or two sentences that include all of the important information in the paragraph. Use your own words. Do not include your own opinion. Do not change the authors meaning. 4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each subsequent paragraph, keeping them in the same order in which the information appears in the reading selection.

5. Copy your summary sentences into a paragraph, keeping them in the same order in which the information appears in the reading selection.

6. Read your paragraph. Can someone who has not read the selection understand the main points? Summary should be no more than one-fourth to one-third the length of the original passage.

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Global Warming Alert!

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January 13, 2004 BY JILL EGAN

What is Global Warming? Global warming is caused when carbon dioxide (CO2) gets
into the atmosphere. The carbon dioxide acts like the glass walls and ceiling of a greenhouse. It lets sunlight in to warm things up but it doesn!t let the heat escape. "cientists sa# the same thing is happening to our planet making it a dangerousl# warmer place. $s man# as one million species of land plants and animals are in danger of becoming extinct if global warming continues. $ccording to a recent stud# the warming of the %arth could destro# as man# as &' percent of the world(s li)ing species b# the #ear 2*+*,

Alarming Findings The stud# was conducted b# researchers in %ngland who used
computer models to predict what would happen to certain species if global warming continues. The team studied - -*& species in $ustralia .ra/il Costa 0ica %urope 1exico and "outh $frica. These regions represent about 2* percent of the %arth(s land area. The stud# predicted that $ustralia would lose o)er half of its more than 2** butterfl# species b# 2*+*. 34e!re alread# seeing biological communities respond )er# rapidl# to climate warming 3 said Chris Thomas a biologist at the 5ni)ersit# of 6eeds in %ngland and the head of the stud#. The stud# found that between -+ and &' percent of the studied species could be extinct or nearl# extinct b# 2*+*. There are about -2 million plant and animal species on %arth.

What Should be Done? 0esearchers sa# businesses and go)ernments must create new
technolog# that limits the production of greenhouse gases. These gases such as carbon dioxide pollute the en)ironment. 0esearchers also sa# that limiting carbon dioxide emissions could sa)e -+72* percent of species from extinction. The 5.". is a big part of the problem. $lthough the 5.". has about 2 percent of the world(s people it produces about 2+ percent of the pollution that leads to global warming. $ special agreement called the 5nited 8ations( 9#oto :rotocol would limit or cut down on the amount of harmful gases that countries are allowed to produce. .ut :resident .ush has refused to sign the treat# sa#ing it would hurt H

$merica(s businesses. :lants and animals aren(t the onl# creatures that are in danger. ;umans are at risk too. 1an# scientists belie)e the %arth!s rising temperatures could e)entuall# melt polar ice caps cause sea le)els to rise and worsen flooding.
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