http://books.google.com/books?id=XFGo73bIaNkC&pg=PA15&lpg=PA15&dq=patterns+for+a+purpose+topic+sentence&source=bl&ots=qFrPSI3lwK&sig=h9-ufWkERUIPU7AxrPlaSvLGLOo&hl=en&ei=YZT2Tdv6NYOWsgP9rIjdBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBYQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=patterns%20for%20a%20purpose%20topic%20sentence&f=false
http://www.laflemm.com/dynamic/online_practice.php?practice_id=19
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/
http://academic.cuesta.edu/acasupp/as/308.HTM
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Finding the Main Idea
Class Narrative/Lesson Context:
What?
We introduced and defined some reading strategies and critical thinking skills, and now we will employ two of those, identification and interpretation, to identify the main idea of a paragraph.
Why?
In today's class we will be focusing on identifying and interpreting the main ideas of paragraphs because nothing is more important in writing than getting your point across. If we learn how other writers get readers to understand their main ideas, we can practice the same techniques in our own writing, and our writing will be clear enough that others understand our writing goals.
Class Objectives:
1. Identify the main idea of a paragraph.
2. Restate the main idea of a paragraph.
Reminder Definitions of Terms Used in Today's Lesson:
1. Identify: To name.
2. Interpret: To put into other words.
3. Paragraph: A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with one idea.
New Definitions for Today:
1. Main Idea: The main idea is the most important piece of information an author wants
you to know about a paragraph.
2. Topic Sentence: The sentence in which the main idea is stated is the topic sentence.
Activities:
1. Pretest: Identify the main idea in the following two paragraphs.
2. Model: To find the the main idea, we can ask ourselves a question. "What is this about?"
3. Practice: In groups of two or three, identify the main idea of the paragraphs and write it in
your own words.
4. Post-test:
Model
Group
Individual
Close-
What?
We introduced and defined some reading strategies and critical thinking skills, and now we will employ two of those, identification and interpretation, to identify the main idea of a paragraph.
Why?
In today's class we will be focusing on identifying and interpreting the main ideas of paragraphs because nothing is more important in writing than getting your point across. If we learn how other writers get readers to understand their main ideas, we can practice the same techniques in our own writing, and our writing will be clear enough that others understand our writing goals.
Class Objectives:
1. Identify the main idea of a paragraph.
2. Restate the main idea of a paragraph.
Reminder Definitions of Terms Used in Today's Lesson:
1. Identify: To name.
2. Interpret: To put into other words.
3. Paragraph: A paragraph is a collection of related sentences dealing with one idea.
New Definitions for Today:
1. Main Idea: The main idea is the most important piece of information an author wants
you to know about a paragraph.
2. Topic Sentence: The sentence in which the main idea is stated is the topic sentence.
Activities:
1. Pretest: Identify the main idea in the following two paragraphs.
2. Model: To find the the main idea, we can ask ourselves a question. "What is this about?"
3. Practice: In groups of two or three, identify the main idea of the paragraphs and write it in
your own words.
4. Post-test:
Model
Group
Individual
Close-
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