EDLD+5364+UDL+Lesson

= Summarizing   =

= **Lesson Overview ** =

**Title: **Summarizing **Author:** Cheryl Price **Subject:** Reading/Language Arts **Grade Level(s):** 6–8 **Duration:** 1-2 days **Unit Description: **Teaching students to summarize an independently read text using direct instruction, graphic organizers, think-alouds, modeling, and technology. **Lesson Description for Day: **The students will decipher the topic and important details to create a summary.

**Goals ** **Unit Goals: ** The students will be able to summarize an independently read text in a variety of ways; written, visually, orally, etc. They will use an appropriate form of technology to present their summary; including Word, PowerPoint, Glogster, YouTube, etc. **Lesson Goals: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. The students will practice finding the topic and details and summarize a passage. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. The students will identify important details in a summary **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Methods ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Anticipatory Set: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Show the YouTube video provided below or another one that is a summary of a censorship to get <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">the students hooked in to the lesson. Discuss the pros and cons of censorship from the students' points of view. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Have students look at the title, picture and captions of the article provided, or another article of your choice. Predict or list questions they expect the article to answer while reading.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Introduce and Model New Knowledge: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Before reading, tell the students that they will be expected to answer the following question: "what is this article MAINLY about? <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Review the steps used to summarize a selection. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Find the main idea/topic within the passage, this may or may not be stated explicitly. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">4. Find the most important details about the main idea/topic. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">5. Restate the topic and details in as few sentences as possible but do not leave out anything important! <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">6. Teacher will read part of the selection, modeling fluent reading. Stop periodically to check for comprehension. Say "Sometimes I stop and restate what I've read in my own words to make sure I understand. For instance,..." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">7. When you run into new words, stop and model use of context clues to determine meaning. "I can tell that _means __because the sentence uses the words__ __." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">8. Discuss whether or not their pre-reading questions were answered. If so, explain the answers to your questions. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">9. Have student write down the gist of what they read. Have them share their writing in pairs.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Provide Guided Practice: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1. Review the steps for summarizing again. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2. Guide students to fill in the graphic organizer for summarization. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">1) Find the topic: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">2) Details: Try to choose details from the beginning, middle and end of the article. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3) Create a summary: Make sure you write the sentences in your own words. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in;">3. Discuss: Discuss why the chosen details are important. Discuss similarities and differences between the various summaries created by different students. Critique the summaries to learn what is/is not important in summaries.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Provide Independent Practice: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Provide students with a second article on a similar subject. Instruct students to follow the same steps to create a summary about the article. Provide another graphic organizer to guide the students as they summarize.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Wrap-Up ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">The teacher will summarize lyrics from several popular songs. The students will use the clues in the summary to determine which song is being summarized. Have fun. It can be a game, a contest, or just a nice closure for the day.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Assessment ** **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Formative/Ongoing Assessment: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">Assess their independent summaries for accuracy. If a student has a problem with keeping their details in order, if they copy the text directly, include unimportant details, or can't synthesize information make sure to address it with them individually (or if there are multiple students, as a small group) so that they do not continue to make the same mistakes.

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Summative/End Of Lesson Assessment: ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt;">This will not be done during this lesson but it will be addressed later in the unit. The students will have to define key terms, provide a summary of a selected text, and use their summary to develop a presentation using technology. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Materials **

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Books & Articles ** > @http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/25/arts/music/25hiph.html > A very long, but interesting article for students. Preview before using. > @http://www.teenink.com/opinion/movies_music_tv/article/297474/Music-Censorship-/ > On a teenage level > @http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentid=13870 > Censorship Article > __ [] __ > Use 1st page of this article to model fluency and comprehension of the topic and details.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Don't Blame Hip-Hop
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Music Censorship
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Music Censorship: The Beating Goes On
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">What is Music Censorship?

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Video & Audio Resources ** > @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBpdsGADJv4&feature=related > Video for Anticipatory Set
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Music Censorship PSA

**<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Other Resources ** > Preview Below
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Summary Graphic Organizer [[file:Writing a Summary Graphic Organizer.docx]]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 26pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; tabstops: list .5in; tabstops: list .5in;">Writing a Summary
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 * Detail (Beginning) ||
 * Detail (Middle) ||
 * Detail (End) ||
 * Summary ||

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