Lesson Plan Template Wilma Unlimited NAME: Emelina Betancourt ...

• Since this will be our first time taking bullet point notes, students will be able to
refer back to the book if necessary.
• Students will be then instructed to review their notes
• They will then be instructed to write a three paragraph summary including an
introduction, body, and conclusion using the following steps:
1. The introduction is the first paragraph and should include the title of the book, the
author, and a general introduction to the story. (2-3 sentences)
2. The body is the middle paragraph and should include the major key points of the
text supported by using examples from the text. (4-8 sentences)
3. The conclusion should include how the story ended and paraphrase the author’s
purpose in writing the story. (2-3 sentences)
• Since this is a summary, I will remind them that their opinions or evaluations of the
book should not be included. I will explain that a summary only retells the story in
a shortened version.
• I will hand out a simplified rubric to each student so they can view how they will be
evaluated
• I will also give students two different examples of how a three paragraph written
summary of a story should be structured. These examples will be printed on a
handout for them to refer to.
Closure: (Time: 30 mins)
I will collect all of the student summaries or comic book strips and compile them into a
book. The students will be able to view this book and see how their classmates’ summaries
are different or similar from their own. They will be able see how sometimes there are
different ways of interpreting stories and how different people highlight different aspects of
the same story.
Reflections: Students: (Time: 30 mins)
I will pass out a survey to see if the students understood the activity, felt comfortable with
what was expected from them, learned how to take bullet point notes on important
information from a story, learned how to structure a written summary, and will ask if they
have any suggestions for this type of activity in the future.
Reflections: Teacher
I will evaluate my work by seeing how well the students understood how to record main
ideas in their notes. I will also see if they understood how to use their notes to help them
write a three-paragraph summary, which included these main ideas.
Edu 275 Effective Teaching
2010-2011