Facilitators: Ms. Jennifer Poisson, Instructional Coach Ms. Monica Taylor, Lower School Principal Ms.

Donnita Davis-Thomas, Assistant Principal

Ms. Peggy Jones, Head Principal Ms. Kathryn Procope, Upper School Principal Ms. Monica Taylor, Lower School Principal

Teach an applicable strategy. Remain respectful and 100% on task!

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Survey Monkey is a must.

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 Sign-In & Do Now  Anticipated Outcome(s)  Main Idea and the DC-CAS  Introducing Strategy #1  Modeling Two-column notes  Practice with a text  Introducing Strategy #2  Modeling Name It, Verb It, Big Idea  Practice with a text  Peer Evaluation  Exit Slip

05 min. 01 min. 05 min. 05 min. 10 min. 15 min. 05 min. 05 min. 15 min. 05 min. 05 min.

Total Meeting Time: 76 min.

Determining the Main or Central Idea of a Text

organize main ideas and supporting details by applying the two-columned note-making strategy to a text. produce the central idea of a text by applying the Name It, Verb It, Big Idea structure.

Standards:
10. IT-E.1. Summarize the purpose and main ideas in passages; distinguish between a summary and a critique. 10. IT-E.3. Describe the controlling idea or specific purpose of passages and paragraphs, and determine the essential elements that elaborate it. CC.9-10.R.I.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text. CC.9-10.R.L.2 Key Ideas and Details: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze in detail its development over the course of the text, including how it emerges and is shaped and refined by specific details; provide an objective summary of the text.

Question Stems:
*This excerpt is mostly about . . . * Based on the article, explain the characteristics of _________that have enabled them to _________ . Support your answer with relevant and specific details from the article. * What main point is supported by ? * Read the sentence from in the box below. [sentence] * Which of these sentences best restates the idea in the sentence?

Main Idea and the DC-CAS DC-

Topic: ________________________ Main idea *Important detail *Sub-point *Important detail *Important detail *Important detail *Sub-point

Main idea

TwoTwo-column notes

*Students notes for each bullet should not exceed 5 words.

Rule of 5

Practice: *Radiation- energy that is given off by the sun, certain kinds of rocks, man-made machines, and more; some radiation is helpful, some is not *Skirmish- a minor battle, often a fight between small groups of advanced or outlying units

Scaffolding Tip: Practice with Vocab

First

Partner Practice: 1. We will practice the first paragraphs together for Can Cell Phones Cause Cancer? 2. Then, you will create 2-columned notes for the remaining part of the text. 3. Stop, compare, and discuss your formatting with your partner.
**Did you both use the Rule of 5?

Scaffolding Tip #2: Move to an easier text

Name It Title and Author OR Subject

Verb It Verb describing what the name it is doing describes, argues, instructs, reveals, outlines, illustrates, shows, conveys, explains...

Big Picture 5-20 words capturing the big picture, or key idea text focuses

Constructing the Central Idea: Name It, Verb It, BIG Idea

Name It In The Hunger Games, Suzanne Collins

Verb It describes

Big Picture the conflicts Katniss Evergreen faces when selected to be one of 24 youths to fight one another to the death.

Name It Colonization

Verb It alters

Big Picture the cultural framework of a nation.

Examples of Central Idea and Main Idea

1. Take a look at your two-columned notes for Can Cell Phones Cause Cancer? 2. Using the structure Create a main idea for paragraph 3 Create a central idea for the entire text

The central or main idea includes

a complete sentence.  a clear title and author if its a central idea, and a clear subject if its a main idea.  an appropriate verb.  a big picture that accurately captures the overall focus of the text.


1. 2. 3.

Create two-columned notes for the identified portion of your text. Then, write a main idea of the paragraph. Reflection ?s: Do you feel like this strategy will work with your students, why or why not?

Exit Slip: Independent Practice with Our Strategies