SED 481: Methods of Teaching English

Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College

Arizona State University
Dr. David Lee Carlson
Summarizing
Part 5 of 5
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Chris Haynes
3/14/15
8th Grade ELA
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Organizational Structures: Individual

Students will have the entire class period to write their summaries.
Bell work: Write a Response
Students will have three minutes to sit at their desk and write their thoughts
on Hop-Frog.
Closure: Write a Response
At the end of class, students will write how they feel about their ability to
identify the subject and main idea, as well as write a summary.
Aim: How do you summarize a main idea?
Objective: The students will apply the main idea by writing a summary.
State Standard: 8.RL.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its
development over the course of the text, including its relationship to the
characters, setting, and plot; provide and objective summary of the text.
Instructional Objectives: Main Idea & Summarizing
Students will write summary of why the main idea theyve chosen is the
main idea of Hop-Frog. Summaries must be a minimum of one page.
Literacy Skills: Note Taking, Engaged Reading, Subject, Main Idea, Summary
Using notes taken during engaged reading, students will identify the subject
and main idea, and write a one page minimum summary.

Motivation:

Music The teacher will play classical music while the students are writing.
Directions:
At the beginning of class students will sit at their desk and write their
thoughts on Hop-Frog. Students will be asked to share what they wrote.
After the students have had a chance to share what they wrote, the teacher
will review the assigned homework. Students were assigned either for in
class work or homework, to write down three main ideas that encompass the
entire story of Hop-Frog and provide one piece of evidence for each main
idea.
Students will be asked to share their main ideas and page numbers of
evidence. The main ideas generated by the class will be written on the board
with their corresponding page numbers. Students will have the entire class to
complete their summary.
Requirements for the summary paper are,
Identify one and only one main idea
Use two pieces of evidence from the story to support the main idea
One page minimum in length
Students are allowed to use their notes and ask the teacher for clarification.
Homework will be collected at the end of class.
At the end of class, students will write how they feel about their ability to
identify the subject and main idea, as well as write a summary.
Pivotal Questions:
1. What is a subject?
2. What is a main idea?
3. What do you include in your summary?
4. How do you justify your summary?
5. What is Poe trying to say with the story Hop-Frog?
Materials Needed:
1. Paper
2. Pen / Pencil / Highlighter
3. The story Hop-Frog
4. Hop-Frog Main Idea and Summarizing Handout
5. Lecture notes

Medial Summary:
During this lesson students will compile a list of the main ideas of Hop-Frog
and supporting evidence. They will be allowed to use this list when writing
their one page summary paper. The paper will be written in class so that the
students may ask the teacher any clarification questions.
Application:
Interpersonal People Smart
Linguistic Word Smart
Logical Logic Smart
Final Summary:
Students will have compiled a list of main ideas and support evidence.
Students will have written a one page summary paper identifying a
main idea and using two pieces of supporting evidence.
Metacognitive on Pedagogy:
How does the bell work fit with the AIM?
o The bell work allows students to summarize any thoughts or
ideas they have about the story Hop-Frog.
o The bell work also allows the students to brainstorm on HopFrog before beginning to write their essay on the short story.
Sharing
o By sharing their main ideas for Hop-Frog students are able to
gain different perspectives on the story.
Summary
o The summary acts as an evaluation on their summarizing
abilities.
Closure
o The closure allows the teacher a better understanding of how the
students feel about the lesson and their work.
o Such feedback may allow the teacher to improve future lessons.
Review Homework:
Students were assigned either for in class work or homework, to write down
three main ideas that encompass the entire story of Hop-Frog and provide
one piece of evidence for each main idea.
Homework: N/A