Mini lesson presentation

Mini Lesson Presentation:

Mini Lesson Presentation Meghan Tansey Professor Neihus Cal State San Bernardino 4/27/11

Summarizing Strategy:

Summarizing Strategy What is the summarizing strategy? Students pick out main ideas of what they’ve read and retell them in their own words. What are we doing when we summarize? We are getting the heart of the text. Try to find the key words and phrases that, when uttered later, still manage to capture the gist of what we've read. We are trying to capture the main ideas and the crucial details necessary for supporting them.

What do I want you to do?:

What do I want you to do? pull out main ideas focus on key details use key words and phrases break down the larger ideas write only enough to convey the gist

Instructions:

Instructions 1.Read the text. 2.Underline key points or main ideas. 3.In groups of 4 talk about what you read. Compare what each of you underlined. 4.Talk amongst yourselves, what were the main ideas, the theme behind the story; who, what, where, when, why 5. In group create a summarized version of the story in 25 words.

Story to Read::

Story to Read: The Grasshopper and the Ant

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The Grasshopper, singing 
All summer long, Now found winter stinging, And ceased in his song. Not a morsel or crumb in his cupboard-- So he shivered, and ceased in his song. Miss Ant was his neighbor; To her he went: 
"O, you're rich from labor, 
And I've not a cent. 
Lend me food, and I vow I'll return it, 
Though at present I have not a cent." The Ant's not a lender, I must confess. Her heart's far from tender To one in distress. So she said: "Pray, how passed you the summer, That in winter you come to distress?" "I sang through the summer," Grasshopper said. "But now I am glummer Because I've no bread." "So you sang!" sneered the Ant. "That relieves me. Now it's winter--go dance for your bread!"

How to Summarize:

How to Summarize Who: Main character in the story What: What is happening? What is the problem? Where: Location When: Time or Season Ending: How was the problem solved or not solved.

Summarize first stanza:

Summarize first stanza Who: The grasshopper What: He’s singing in summer, winter’s come, and he has no food Where: his home When: Summer time, changing to winter. Ending: He sang too much, he had no food for winter. Summary: The grasshopper was too busy singing in the summer to save food for winter. The Grasshopper, singing All summer long, Now found winter stinging, And ceased in his song. Not a morsel or crumb in his cupboard-- So he shivered, and ceased in his song.

Now everybody try to summarize: :

Now everybody try to summarize: Miss Ant was his neighbor; To her he went: 
"O, you're rich from labor, And I've not a cent. 
Lend me food, and I vow I'll return it, though at present I have not a cent." The Ant's not a lender, I must confess. Her heart's far from tender To one in distress. So she said: "Pray, how passed you the summer, That in winter you come to distress?" "I sang through the summer," Grasshopper said. "But now I am glummer Because I've no bread." "So you sang!" sneered the Ant. "That relieves me. Now it's winter--go dance for your bread!"

Teacher notes:

Teacher notes Read story with kids aloud. Dissect the first stanza together with the kids. Look for the 5 W’s. Allow them a few more minutes to read the story again by themselves. Break kids into groups. Students are allowed to create a 2-3 sentence summary of the story. Compare students work.