CCR

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Group AErik WordalHeather ClementRosa EstarellasShirley BaxStuart Young

Group IDavid DaughertyDavid JacksonGretchen SmithSusie Rodriguez

Group CKathy BibbyNancy ThompsonSandy SlobigSteve Gunning

Group DCassie CathcartDave BisbeeJon MorrisSuzzanne PhippsRob Hill

Group EJanel MartinKaren NguyenKen FredricksonStephanie Gogonis

Group FAlfonso GonzalezChip FenengaLisa BoyerTory Babcock

Group GDenise HamiltonHarvey GreenJeff McKinnonJen Rasmussen

Group HJeff ReckJoanna LaraPeggy YarnellGenevieve PhillipsCameron Clarno

Group BAgustin VizcainoAshley CoelhoBrian WallaceMark Peterschick

Group JCris AveryDanielle LagemanDoris BadgerJen Croll

Group KCheryl LeeDiane Siegal

Jake KalkowskiPriya Patel

Group LBilly SivolaJohn ConnollyKrista LishmanTad Bixler

Group MAna ValleJimmy PalaciosJosh McClurgMandy GanzMelanie Dickey

Group Ideas:

How to read a text

Previously on the ILT…

Working individually:

• Place a (check) next to things you already do.

• Place an X next to things you would like to try.

Previously on the ILT…

It’s just that simple!

How to read a textbook….

in 25 easy steps!

Fun with Creative Summarizing!

The typical American is overweight. Loving and consuming our high sweet and high fat foods have made us the most obese people in the

world. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and laziness --

yes, laziness! The extra pounds suck out energy. Instead of taking the stairs, we look for the elevator; instead of taking a walk, we take

to the couch. The body becomes much less than what it was intended to be. The toll of an

unhealthy diet is huge; five years off one's life is the average. That's the bad news; the good

news is that even a small change in your diet (like giving up regular soda pop) for one year

will take weight off, which in turn, will automatically make you healthier. Being

healthier means vastly improving your quality of life.

Directions:

At your table, you each have a copy of a short article describing American eating habits. Your job is to read the article and summarize it by converting it into:

1. A tweet2. A newspaper headline & sub-headline3. A promo for an upcoming episode of 60

Minutes4. A grammatically correct complete sentence5. A creative and concise format of your own

choosing.

Ideally, each table member should use a different format.

Get ready to share!

•What did we do?

• Why does it

matter? ?

The theory of how planets were formed differs from the one generally accepted a couple of decades ago. At that time, it was thought by most astronomers that the planets formed as a result of a wandering star passing too close to the sun and sucking chunks of matter out of its fiery mass.

The decline of this theory occurred on the basis of new evidence and new calculation which suggested that the planets developed from random particles which grew larger as they attracted others by their gravity.

GIST

GIST  

1. Select appropriate paragraphs.2. Students read the first sentence.3. Students generate summaries.4. Students read the first two sentences.5. Generate a summary for sentence one

and two.6. Continue this procedure with each

sentence.7. Move beyond sentence by sentence

approach to paragraph by paragraph approach.

They tend to:

• Write down everything• Write down next to nothing• Give complete sentences• Write down way too much• Don’t write enough• Copy word for word

When we ask students to summarize…

We want them to:

• Pull out main ideas• Focus on key details• Use key words and phrases• Break down the larger ideas• Write only enough to convey the

gist• Take succinct but complete notes

When we ask students to summarize…

Think of something you

might want your students

to summarize and design

a rubric.

CCR

Article on American Eating Habits:

The typical American is overweight. Loving and consuming our high sweet and high fat foods have made us the most obese people in the world. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and laziness -- yes, laziness! The extra pounds suck out energy. Instead of taking the stairs, we look for the elevator; instead of taking a walk, we take to the couch. The

body becomes much less than what it was intended to be. The toll of an unhealthy diet is huge; five years off one's life is the average. That's the bad news; the good news is that even a small change in your diet (like giving up regular soda pop) for one year will take weight off, which in

turn, will automatically make you healthier. Being healthier means vastly improving your quality of life.

Individual Task: Convert this reading into a promo for an upcoming episode of 60 Minutes

Article on American Eating Habits:

The typical American is overweight. Loving and consuming our high sweet and high fat foods have made us the most obese people in the world. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and laziness -- yes, laziness! The extra pounds suck out energy. Instead of taking the stairs, we look for the elevator; instead of taking a walk, we take to the couch. The

body becomes much less than what it was intended to be. The toll of an unhealthy diet is huge; five years off one's life is the average. That's the bad news; the good news is that even a small change in your diet (like giving up regular soda pop) for one year will take weight off, which in

turn, will automatically make you healthier. Being healthier means vastly improving your quality of life.

Individual Task: Convert this reading into a short but complete Tweet. 

Article on American Eating Habits:

The typical American is overweight. Loving and consuming our high sweet and high fat foods have made us the most obese people in the world. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and laziness -- yes, laziness! The extra pounds suck out energy. Instead of taking the stairs, we look for the elevator; instead of taking a walk, we take to the couch. The

body becomes much less than what it was intended to be. The toll of an unhealthy diet is huge; five years off one's life is the average. That's the bad news; the good news is that even a small change in your diet (like giving up regular soda pop) for one year will take weight off, which in

turn, will automatically make you healthier. Being healthier means vastly improving your quality of life.

Individual Task: Convert this reading into a short but complete Newspaper Headline. 

Article on American Eating Habits:

The typical American is overweight. Loving and consuming our high sweet and high fat foods have made us the most obese people in the world. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and laziness -- yes, laziness! The extra pounds suck out energy. Instead of taking the stairs, we look for the elevator; instead of taking a walk, we take to the couch. The

body becomes much less than what it was intended to be. The toll of an unhealthy diet is huge; five years off one's life is the average. That's the bad news; the good news is that even a small change in your diet (like giving up regular soda pop) for one year will take weight off, which in

turn, will automatically make you healthier. Being healthier means vastly improving your quality of life.

Individual Task: Convert this reading into a complete summary sentence.

Article on American Eating Habits:

The typical American is overweight. Loving and consuming our high sweet and high fat foods have made us the most obese people in the world. Obesity leads to diabetes, heart problems, high blood pressure and laziness -- yes, laziness! The extra pounds suck out energy. Instead of taking the stairs, we look for the elevator; instead of taking a walk, we take to the couch. The

body becomes much less than what it was intended to be. The toll of an unhealthy diet is huge; five years off one's life is the average. That's the bad news; the good news is that even a small change in your diet (like giving up regular soda pop) for one year will take weight off, which in

turn, will automatically make you healthier. Being healthier means vastly improving your quality of life.

Individual Task: Convert this reading into a summary sentence using your own fun method.

o   Discuss experience or real-life “hooks,” cultural contexts, historical contexto   Explain transition or backgroundo   Prime vocabularyo   Word bank of unfamiliar vocabulary, phraseso   Socratic front-loading: leave it to students: predictions, interpretations, debateo   Have students write questions to be answered after reading in classo   Draw pictureso   Quick writeo   Preview texto   List of guiding questionso   Short video clipo   TWL charto   Anticipatory setso   Give tasks: things to look foro   Treasure hunto   Word associations on upcoming topic of readingo   Music related to era of reading

Before Reading

 o Identify context clues: photos, charts, bulletso Underline, highlight & write questionso Discussiono Book on Tapeo E-readers, which make using dictionary instanto Rereadingo Act it outo Make personal connectionso Read aloud difficult partso Style imitationo Questions 

During Reading

 

o   Front loaded questions answeredo   Students express their personal reactionso   Scaffoldingo   Partners: think, pair, shareo   List things they do or do not understand on initial readingo   Discussiono   Rereadingo   Act it outo   Class can generate questions/counter questionso   Students can make personal connectionso   Quick writeo   Graphic organizero   How the reading relates to current time 

After Reading