M. marek dfms lp 70 main idea, paraphrasing, and summarizing
1. Welcome!
Language Arts
Ms. Marek
Thursday-Friday, January 26-27,
2012
2. Independent Reading
Retrieve your library book
READ READ READ READ
READ READ READ
3. Schedule
Tuesday Data Analysis
Wednesday SRI
Thursday Meet the Candidates / Main
Idea, Summarizing,
Paraphrasing
Friday Main Idea, Summarizing,
Paraphrasing
• Welcome to Semester 2
• Make sure to learn your new schedule
• Consider getting a new notebook
4. OBJECTIVE
SWBAT determine
main idea in a text or
selection of text.
SWBAT summarize
and paraphrase text or
selection of text.
5. Think*Write*Share*
What do you know about the election?
Some sample questions for you to
consider as you are writing what you
know …
– Who is running?
– Who is in the lead?
– How do our elections work?
– What are these primary elections all
about?
6. Important Vocabulary
You will have a quiz next FRIDAY – February 3
campaign: the competition for public office
candidate: a person who seeks office
caucus: an early statewide meeting where members
of a political party select delegates to support their
favorite candidates
convention: a big meeting in which delegates from a
political party pick the candidates for President and
Vice President
delegate: a person given power or authority to act for
others; a representative
7. Important Vocabulary
You will have a quiz next FRIDAY – February 3
front-runner: a candidate who is thought to be in the
lead
nominee: a person chosen by a political party to be a
candidate
political party: an organized group of voters with
similar ideas and goals for a country and its
government. The two main parties in the U.S. are the
Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
polls: surveys of specific groups; places where
people vote
primary: an early, statewide election in which voters
choose their favorite candidates
9. Barack Obama
44th president of the
United States
1st African-American
President
Democratic Party
Senator of Illinois
2005-2008
10. Newt Gingrich
Republican
Representative, Georgia 1979-1999
Speaker of the House of Representatives (top
position in the house) 1995-1999
Won South Carolina Primary
11. Mitt Romney
Republican
Governor of Massachusetts 2003-2007
Successful businessman
Won New Hampshire Primary
15. Summarizing vs Paraphrasing
Indicator 2.A.4.d – 31% Basic
Paraphrasing – taking a section of text and
restating it in your own words
Summarizing - telling the main idea or
selection of events in your own words
16. Paraphrase Practice
Paraphrase the old saying, “Don’t
count your chickens before they
hatch.”
Dont just write: “Wait until the
chickens have hatched before
counting them.”
Instead, examine the idea behind
the phrase and restate it in more
direct terms.
“Never assume you’ll get something
you want until you have it.
17. Summarizing
Now that we’ve
reviewed paraphrasing,
let’s discuss how to
effectively summarize.
A is a short
piece of writing about a
longer piece. A
summary includes only
the most important
details or main ideas.
18. Summarizing vs Paraphrasing
Indicator 2.A.4.d – 31% Basic
What is the difference between
summarizing and paraphrasing?
21. Summarizing
“Gingrich wins South Carolina”
Work with a partner to complete a main idea,
supporting details, related facts chart
Work independently to write a summary of the article
on a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER!
22. Homework
Read a newspaper article about the 2012 election.
– Must come from a reputable source (New York Times,
Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine,
Newsweek)
Complete a main idea, supporting details, related
facts chart.
Complete a 1 paragraph summary of the article.
Make sure to include the title of the article and where
you found it.
Darryl Smith
Team Harvard
Ms. Marek
1/27/12
“Gingrich Emerges as Frontrunner” New York Times
23. Weekend Homework
Candidate Report (1-2 pages)
Select a candidate running for president
Find out his / her bibliographic information
(where was she/he born, what jobs has
she/her had in the past)
Determine his / her political beliefs
Include his / her campaign slogan