Lesson Plan: Writing Mini-Lesson Grade: 5 Time: 15 minutes Standard: W.5.8.

Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work, and provide a list of sources. Objective: Students will be able to paraphrase a piece of previously read literature in order to demonstrate their comprehension of the text. Materials: The Story of Harriet Tubman by Kate McMullan Paraphrasing chart paper Powerpoint slide with examples of paraphrasing Copied page of text Lesson Sequence: 1. Lesson Introduction/Anticipatory Set Boys and girls, remember the other day we read the first chapter in a book called The Story of Harriet Tubman. Can anyone tell me what reading skill we talked about that went along with the story? Yes, main idea and supporting details. Great Job remembering! 2. State Objective and Purpose Today, we are going to work on paraphrasing pieces of the chapter to see if you comprehended what was taking place while reading. Paraphrasing is a useful strategy to be sure that you understood what you were reading or if something is important for you to remember. When you paraphrase a text it is also very important that you put it in the right sequence. 3. Teach and Model Have chart paper labeled Paraphrasing i. The following should already be listed to save time: 1. Means putting what you have read into words 2. Steps: read something, think about what it means, reinstate in own words 3. Helps to make sure you understood what you were reading 4. If you cannot paraphrase after reading go back and reread This chart describes what paraphrasing is, how to do it, and why it is important. Now that we know what paraphrasing is and why we use it, lets practice doing it. On our last social studies test there was information about the twenties and the drinking law. Here is a paragraph about the twenties. Show on a powerpoint slide the following paragraph: i. The twenties were the years when drinking was against the law, and the law was a bad joke because everyone knew of a local bar where liquor could be had. They were the years when organized crime ruled the cities, and the police seemed powerless to do anything against it. Classical music was forgotten while

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jazz spread throughout the land, and men like Bix Beiderbecke, Louis Armstrong, and Count Basie became the heroes of the young. The flapper was born in the twenties, and with her bobbed hair and short skirts, she symbolized, perhaps more than anyone or anything else, America's break with the past. ii. Okay, now that I have read this I need to think about how to put it in my own words. This will help me to know that I understood it and it will help me to remember the information later. I need to talk about crime, liquor sales, the transition to jazz music, and what a flapper was. iii. In order to save time I already paraphrased the paragraph. As you can see I did not name all the jazz musicians and I compacted a lot of the sentences into the most important details. Show powerpoint slide with the following: During the twenties lawlessness and social nonconformity prevailed. In cities organized crime flourished without police interference, and in spite of nationwide prohibition of liquor sales, anyone who wished to buy a drink knew where to get one. Musicians like Louis Armstrong become favorites, particularly among young people, as many turned away from highly respectable classical music to jazz. One of the best examples of the anti-traditional trend was the proliferation of young "flappers," women who rebelled against custom by cutting off their hair and shortening their skirts. Guided Practice I am going to pass out a copy of the page where Harriet is first trying to escape to each of you and I want each of you to work with your writing partner to paraphrase the text. After a few minutes we will go over what everyone thought was important. Give students a few minutes to read the text and then go over what the students found to be important. Okay can someone tell me what their thought process was when they started to paraphrase? (we thought about how we could put it in our own words, what was most important to understanding the story, etc.) What were the important ideas to put into your paraphrased paragraph? (Harriet was going to be traded with her three brothers so they decided to escape at night, her brothers became frightened and did not want to continue the journey, Harriet wanted to continue North alone but her brothers forced her to go back to the plantation) Independent Practice/Assessment Boys and girls, today when you are reading your independent novel I want you to paraphrase for me what you read. I will let you know when we have 5 minutes left in independent reading time, so that you have time to paraphrase what you read. Closure What is paraphrasing? What are the steps to paraphrasing? What is the purpose of paraphrasing? How will you know the lesson has been successful? You will be able to determine if the lesson has been successful if students are able to paraphrase a piece of text they have read.