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Grade 12, Reading and Literature Std # 2–5: Recognize statements that adequately summarize a passage

Lesson Plans: Note taking The lesson teaches students to take notes from oral reading, simulating class lecture, for the purpose of extracting main idea and details and transcribing them into a summary. Junk Mail Explosion The student will be able to read direct mail advertising critically and to identify persuasion techniques. Current news articles about junk mail may be located in the Alabama Virtual Library and substituted for articles mentioned in the lesson. By Any Other Name Students read and contrast two different short stories with the same name Summary/Note Taking/Main Idea & Details Students take notes from oral reading, simulating class lecture, for the purpose of extracting main idea and details and transcribing them into a summary. Exploring Disability Using Multimedia and the B-D-A Reading Strategy In this lesson, students apply the B-D-A (before-during-after) reading comprehension strategy as they explore varied aspects of disability by investigating rich, interactive multimedia resources.

Resources: Englishcompanion.com Handy printable guides (at bottom of site page) Suggestions for English Language Learners: ESL Ideas (B=Beginning, I=Intermediate, T=Transitional) (B) Students highlight repeated words or phrases in a passage. (I) Students mark the subject and main verb of each of the sentences in a passage. (T) Working with a peer, students choose statements that summarize a passage.
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