Glenn Jenkins Outlining Lesson Plan Lesson: Outlining Student academic content standards that are the target

of student learning (list the complete text of the relevant parts of each standard): Reading 3.2: Read to perform a task. G.L.E. 3.2.1: Understand information gained from reading to perform a specific task. Use signs, labels, and instructions to answer questions or complete a task, using gradelevel text. Interpret information from common environmental print to solve a problem or perform a task (e.g., set up and run a science experiment using steps outlined in text). G.L.E. 3.2.2: Understand a variety of functional documents. Explain the information in functional documents that are used in a school setting to communicate information Writing EALR 1: The student understands and uses a writing process. Component 1.1: Prewrites to generate ideas and plan writing. G.L.E. 1.1.1 Applies more than one strategy for generating ideas and planning writing. Explains the difference between generating and organizing ideas and adjusts prewriting strategies accordingly.

English language learner standards (if applicable): Use pictures for heading and sub heading and have them organize into outline. Learning objectives/targets: Learn about outlining. Distinguish between main ideas of a topic and supporting details. Write an outline in the correct format. Assessments to monitor student learning: Have students transfer the information in their outline to a work sheet with the outline format printed on it. Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks to Support Student Learning (what you and the students will be doing): T We have gathered a lot of information over the last week about the various people of the Oregon Trail T Today we are going to learn how to organize that information into an outline

T Can anyone tell me what an outline is: The outline provides more structure and organization to the information we have gathered from our sources. T What is a Table of contents T We can organize the outline using Roman Numerals and then letters to show the relationship between information and how it is related. T For example, a new paragraph or topic would start a new Roman Numeral. T Lets create an outline for the Fall season T models Heading and subheading T Asks Ss to give some supporting ides for the subheading. Fall (Heading) A. Things to See (subheadings) 1. Leaves changing color (supporting ideas) 2. Skies getting darker earlier in the evening 3. Thermometer dipping B. Things to Do 1. Pick apples 2. Rake leaves 3. Carve pumpkins C. Special Days 1. Columbus Day 2. Halloween 3. Thanksgiving Ss gather into their groups T hands out the 5 heading strips T puts sub heading strips on table Ss choose the sub heading that fits their heading Ss in group complete the supporting ideas for their heading and sub heading Ss present their outline to class. Ss create outline using information in their Oregon Trail journals

Resources and Materials: Sentence strips 5 heading (main idea) 5 subheadings