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\n\"The Story of an Hour\" Unit\n

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\nKate Chopin's tale, \"The Story of an Hour,\" is the anchor text in a six-lesson unit designed for ESL and ELD students. Lessons provide learners with background knowledge of the role of women in 19th-century America and the author. Each...\n
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\nWriting Summaries\n

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\nYoung scholars read The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien and write summaries for the text. In this summary and novel analysis lesson, students read the text and write summaries for four chapters at a time.\n
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\nWriting Summaries\n

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\nPractice summary writing with informational texts. Young readers create summaries after reading magazine articles, newspaper articles, or other forms of informational texts. Readers use the GRASP strategy (read text, write what you...\n
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\nLearn about Fables\n

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\nExpose young readers to a new genre of fiction with a short reading passage. After learning about fables, children identify the main idea and supporting details in preparation for writing a short summary. Read the text as a class,...\n
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\nShort and Sweet Science\n

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\nReaders learn how to summarize scientific text and evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges in writing summaries. They select science-related articles you've pulled and collected from the New York Times and, with a partner,...\n
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\nEnd of Unit 2 Assessment: Working with Two Texts - Reading, Listening, Summarizing, and Synthesizing\n

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\nAs a summative assessment for this unit on colonial trade, fourth graders listen to and read informational texts in order to demonstrate their ability to take notes, write summaries, and draw connections. Young scholars first listen as...\n
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\nResearching and Note-Taking: Building Expertise about a Colonial Trade\n

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\nBuilding on the previous activity in this unit on colonial trade, the ninth activity has young experts continuing their research and writing summaries of the information they find. To begin, children participate in guided practice where...\n
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\nBudget Busters\n

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\nUse this economic activity to focus on writing summaries of informational text. First, middle schoolers define common economic terms used to describe news about the economy. They closely read news about the federal budget deficit and...\n
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\nWriting About Literary Text: Wise or Foolish?\n

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\nA three-part assessment promotes reading comprehension skills. Class members read literary texts and take notes to discuss their findings, answer comprehension questions, write summaries, and complete charts. \n
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\nAuthor Study: Cynthia Rylant\n

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\nExplore the life's work of one of the great children's authors using this ten-lesson author study unit. After first performing some whole-group research into the life of Cynthia Rylant, the class goes on to read six different...\n
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\nThe Departure\n

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\nScholars learn about the Hero's Journey as they read Ray Bradbury's \"The Drummer Boy of Shiloh.\" They analyze the story's structure and narrative techniques. Finally, they write summaries of the text's central idea and use their...\n
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\nResearching Part 1: Reading for Gist and Gathering Evidence Using the Research Guide\n

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\nIf only life came with an owner's manual. Pupils assemble with their research teams to discuss which of Steve Jobs' rules to live by most resonates with them. Scholars also read informational texts in pursuit of finding the gist and...\n
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\nAnother Argument at the Dinner Table?\n

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\nHere is an interesting worksheet on discursive text. Learners read a short essay that expresses two opinions regarding choices of foods to eat by young people. After reading the text, pupils must fill out the worksheet. It has them write...\n
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\nEmotional Needs\n

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\nStudents analyze the physical characteristics of old age. They identify and differentiate diseases of old age. They analyze the stereotypes of older adults and write summaries of responses by other groups.\n
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\nI Just Drank George Washington's Water!\n

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\nGuide your learners through the water cycle with this lesson plan. Over the course of the instructional activity, they read two Magic School Bus books, discuss the water cycle, come up with water facts, complete a diagram of the water...\n
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\nWriting Effective Summaries\n

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\nDrafting a strong first sentence for a summary is an important step. Writers can use the formula presented on this handout to get started. The resource lists three steps to put together a strong topic sentence, as well as tips and hints...\n
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\nThe Football Team\n

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\nPlaying team sports is about more than just scoring the most goals or winning the most games. Read this passage with your class and learn how athletes build character as members of a team. When finished, individuals identify the main...\n
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\nUsing Color as a Pre-Writing Tool\n

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\nTo better understand how to compose a clear and well-organized paper, learners read short passages, write summaries, and make colored graphic organizers. This is a fully developed three-day lesson with suggested assessments.\n
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\nCruise the News\n

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\nStudents utilize newspapers as a resource to complete various tasks. They read articles, write summaries, investigate the classified section, write commercials, and circle spelling words.\n
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\nSeasonal Changes\n

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\nPupils research seasonal changes and how they affect the environment. Completing a nature walk, they observe plants and animals and record the information in a graph. They also write summaries of the results of their research.\n
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\nWhat Do You Do?\n

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\nPeople play all sorts of roles during their lifetimes. Learners interview three adults about the role they play most and, what type of lifestyle they feel they have. Kids then write summaries of their interviews, focusing on what role...\n
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\nStudents can learn how to write summaries with the help of graphic organizers, and summarization lessons.\n
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\nWriting Summaries\n

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\nStudents read short excerpts of material and are challenged to write a coherent summary of seventy words. They monitor their work for correct word limits and present their summaries to the class.\n
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\nDiffering Views of the Great Awakening\n

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\nStudents explore the Great Awakening by reading articles and write summaries of them, and then evaluating the perspectives.\n
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