AGENDA for Monday, October 1, 2012

1.

5 minute solution

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2.

I Do

REVIEW

Other: PDF: Finding a Theme of a Work of Literature

PDF: How to Find Main Idea

PDF: TURTLE Strategy

PDF: Using Text Structure to Find Main Idea

3.

We Do

Practice

 Other:  PDF:  Selective Underlining Strategy

PDF:  Summarizing Strategies

PDF:  Table of Contents Strategy

PDF:  Text Rendering Strategy

4.

You Do

PDF:  5 WS

PDF:  FORPD Topics and Subtopics

PDF:  KNOW Strategy

PDF:  Determining Main Idea Chart

PDF:  The Big Question

PDF:  Spider Map

(DI) EXTENSION ACTIVITIES

Option A

Form a five-member group and select one of the following questions. Brainstorm and then outline your major points on a sheet of copy paper. Choose a member to present the group findings to the class. (15 – 20 minutes) 

➤ Why is prior knowledge the best single predictor of reading comprehension? 

➤ Why is comprehension better when the main idea is stated at the beginning of a test passage? 

➤ Describe a passage that you might write that would have the main idea stated at the end. 

➤ Why should the main idea of a passage be stated in a sentence rather than a phrase? Give examples. 

Option B
(Click to go to Pearson's "Finding the Main Idea")

Option C: 
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