DRIVING QUESTION BEHIND THE LESSON:
How can I, as a reader who is still sharpening my reading skills, determine the central idea of the text?
OBJECTIVES:
- Students will define and identify central idea.
- Students will write a process on how to determine the central idea of a text.
OPENING ACTIVITY: Knows and Need to Knows
INSTRUCTION and TEACHER MODELING
MODELING
PRACTICE
Reading the VideoFor each section, jot down the details that you noticed.
Part 1 0:00-1:00
Part 2 1:00-1:55 Part 3 1:55-3:00 Part 4 3:00-4:15 Part 5: 4:15-5:00 Part 6: Rest of the video |
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CLOSURE:
Write a piece of informational text that summarizes the steps and information that you need to know in order to determine the central idea of text. Write this for a freshman student at GV.
HOMEWORK: Read another section of "Too Many Doctors"
- Annotate.
- Determine the central idea of this section of the article.