Commercial Break

1
Commercial Break

• In the next 20 minutes
• 1) Take a 10 minute break
• 2) In a small group (3-4) create a 30-60 second
  infomercial selling one of the concepts or ideas
  from the presentation.
• Prizes will be given to the top 2 commercials

2
Summarization Part 1

• Recall prior knowledge using DRTA form
• Each group reads their article
• Using main idea/detail chart complete
  summarization of the article
• Present to class

3
Summarization Why is it important?

• Requires a reader to distinguish between whats
  important, less important, and trivial.
• Process of summarization (deleting, substituting,
  keeping) seems simple, but it does require a high
  amount of analysis of the information to be
  summarized

4
Summarization Part II

• Make predictions about the content of the next
  article
• Write questions about what you want to know from
  this article
• Read article and complete the GIST template
  within your group. Place summary statement on
  butcher paper.
• Carousel through with sticky notes to provide
  feedback.

5
Summarization Why is it important?

• Helpful to ELL, SPED, slow readers and all
  students. Especially helpful for difficult text
• Can be used across the curriculum to summarize
• short stories science experiment
• sections of textbook group presentations
• lecture guest speakers
• math concepts video clips

6
Applications?

• In what ways could you use summarizing,
  predicting, and student-generated questioning in
  your particular content area?
• Share your ideas with your group

7
Break time!

• Please take a 10 minute break
• We will raffle off a prize in exactly 10 minutes
  so be back on time!!
• When we get back from break please be willing to
  share some of your ideas for how the previous
  strategies could fit into your content area.

8
Personal Application time

• Please meet with other people in your department
  to discuss how the ideas and strategies from
  today could fit into your curriculum maps and
  your lesson plans.
• Please modify/create a lesson using one or more
  of the strategies you learned today.

9
Exit Question

• On the front of your note card, please describe
  and explain one idea from todays session you
  plan to incorporate into your teaching practices.
  
• On the back please write any suggestion you have
  for tomorrows session.