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Lesson 1:

Strategy Focus: Background Knowledge, Vocabulary, Preview, Ordering Events, Main


idea, Details, and Writing a Summary
Common Core State Standards:
Reading Standards for Literature Grade 9-10
CCSS 2: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its
development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and
refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.
Writing Standards Grade 9-10
CCSS 4: Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and
style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Speaking and Listening Standards Grade 9-10
CCSS 1: Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (oneon-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners on grades 910 topics, texts, and
issues, building on others ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively.
CCSS 2: Adapt speech to a variety of contexts and tasks, demonstrating command of
formal English when indicated or appropriate.
Language Standards Grade 9-10
CCSS 1: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English grammar and
usage when writing or speaking.
CCSS 2: Demonstrate command of the conventions of standard English capitalization,
punctuation, and spelling when writing.
CCSS 3: Apply knowledge of language to understand how language functions in
different contexts, to make effective choices for meaning or style, and to comprehend
more fully when reading or listening.
CCSS 4: Determine or clarify the meaning of unknown and multiple-meaning words and
phrases based on grades 910 reading and content, choosing flexibly from a range of
strategies.
CCSS 6: Acquire and use accurately general academic and domain-specific words and
phrases, sufficient for reading, writing, speaking, and listening at the college and career
readiness level; demonstrate independence in gathering vocabulary knowledge when
considering a word or phrase important to comprehension or expression.

Student Learning Objective


I can read and comprehend text in English.
I can determine the main idea and important events of a story.
I can write a summary using the writing process.
I can clarify the meaning of unknown English vocabulary and use the words in my
writing.

Materials
Hide and Seek by Susan Rose Simms (Lexile Level 40L)
Vocabulary Collector
Put the Events in Order (From the Emerge Teachers Guide)
Comprehension Quiz
Writing a Summary Graphic Organizer
Summary Rubric
Document camera and projector

Lesson Description (Reading Period)


Warm Up Tell the students that we will be reading a book about bad weather.
Discussing their background knowledge or previous experiences with bad weather
will help them understand the book while reading. Display the word tornado on
the board. Have students work with a partner to determine the meaning of the
word, and make a list of other weather words, phrases, illustrations, or definitions.
Students will put each word, phrase, illustration, or definition on individual
notecards. Partners share their knowledge and experiences of tornados and other
weather events, and then have a class discussion. Create a semantic map on chart
paper with the word tornado in the middle. Students take turns tapeing their
notecards to the chart paper creating a class semantic map. When the chart is
complete write Vocabulary Semantic Map at the top. Explain that Vocabulary
Semantic Maps help you understand and recall new words in the text, so that you
can use the new words in the future in their writing and when talking.
Modeling Tell the students another way to help understand text is to preview it
first. Display the text on the whiteboard using the document camera and
projector, while students follow along using their personal copies of the text.
Preview the text, looking at the title, pictures, and new vocabulary words.
Discuss observations, and relate the characters tornado experience to the
students own weather experiences. Read Hide and Seek by Susan Rose Simms
aloud to the class.
Guided Practice Display the vocabulary collector on the whiteboard using the
document camera and projector, and give students their own copies. Model how
to find the vocabulary words in the text to determine meaning. Show students
how to create a semantic map for the first word by doing it together as a class.
Students continue working on vocabulary words, while the teacher works with
small guided reading groups to practice reading the text for fluency,
pronunciation, and to clarify meaning. Also provide groups with support on the
vocabulary collector. As a whole group review and discuss new vocabulary
sharing students definitions, synonyms, and illustrations.
Independent Practice Explain to students that recalling the order of events is
another way ensure comprehension of the text after reading. Students reread the
text independently. Then complete Put the Events in Order by numbering the

sentences to show the order the events happen. Afterward students draw a picture
to make a prediction and illustrate what they think will happen next in the story.
Differentiation Guided reading groups allow the teacher to assess student needs
abilities, and address the individual need of each student.
Lesson Description (Writing Period)
Warm Up Read Aloud Hide and Seek by Susan Rose Simms. Explain that
finding a main idea after reading will help with text comprehension. The main
idea is one sentences that tells the topic of the text. Students work with a partner
to write one sentence that tells what the story is about. Pairs share their sentences
with the class. Choose one sentence to be the main idea sentence. Explain that
we will use the main idea sentences and add details about the most important
events in the story to write a summary paragraph about the text.
Modeling Review the steps of the writing process. Display the Writing a
Summary Graphic Organizer on the whiteboard using the document camera and
give students their own copies. As a class complete the graphic organizer, and use
the class created sentence as the main idea sentence. Explain that this is
prewriting for their summary.
Guided Practice Show students how to use the graphic organizer to help write a
rough draft summary paragraph. Give students time to write their own rough
drafts. During this time, move around the room and have individual writing
conferences to support students with writing, revising, and editing.
Independent Practice Using their corrected rough drafts, students should type
and publish their summary on Google Classroom.
Differentiation Individual writing conferences allow the teacher to address the
individual needs of each students and work with them to improve their writing
skills.
Assessment of Student Learning (Did students meet the learning objectives?) Students
are formatively assessed on their comprehension of the text using observations during
guided reading groups and summatively using a comprehension quiz. Students are also
formatively assessed on their writing during conferencing and summatively assessed on
their final copies of summary writing using a rubric.
Teacher Reflection (What went well? What Changes should I make?) Students did well
on their assessments, showing that they comprehended the text after several readings.
Students were able to identify the main idea of the story easily. Guided reading groups
were successful at encouraging discussion about the text among small groups of students,
and clarifying events and concepts. However, more work is needed for fluency and
pronunciation. More work is also needed for students to understand the writing process.

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