Part 1: Lesson Description

Lesson Title:

Common Career Readiness Standard for grade level C (4th-5th grade)

Finding the main idea and supporting details with informational text.

Abstract:

This module is intended for adult learners with a reading level at the 4th-5th grade who are pursuing their GED. The instructor will model and guide the learner in understanding text, based on readings about cars. The student will gain an understanding of the main idea, supporting details,  concluding sentences and summarizing the texts. There is a reading, written and oral component to this module.

Learner Audience/Primary User

The learner that will be primarily using the module will be adult learners at the 4th-5th grade reading level who like to work with their hands. They struggle in their reading skills, but are smart visually and need to physically do the work to better understand it. Visually modeling the skill will be important for their success. The texts are about cars and how they work in order to attract adults. Summarizing will be an important skill for them to learn as it will then be transferable to working with manuals on cars.

Educational Use

• Curriculum/Instruction

College and Career Readiness Standard (CCRS) Alignment

• Level: Adult Education
• Grade Level:CCRS Grade Level C
• Subject: CCRS English Language Arts/Literacy, Informational Text
• Strand: CCRS Anchor 2-Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

• Substrand

Anchor RI2-Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

RI4.2-Determine the main idea of a text and explain how it is supported by key details;summarize the text.

Anchor 2-W.4.2-Write informative text to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly, accurately through the effective selection, organization and analysis of content.

1. Introduce a topic clearly and group related information in paragraphs
2. Develop the topic with facts

     e) Provide a concluding statement.

 Anchor SL 1 Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and     collaborations with diverse partners building on others ideas and expressing their own ideas clearly and persuasively.

SL 4.1

1. Come to discussions prepared having read or studied required materials

                d)   Review the key ideas expressed and draw conclusions in light of the          

information and knowledge gained from the discussions.  

Anchor SL 2 Integrate and evaluate information in diverse media and formats

   including visually quantitatively and orally.

SL 4.2 Summarize a written text read aloud in diverse media on formats including visually quantitatively and orally.

SL 4.4 Report on a topic using details to support main idea

Language

English

Material Type

• Cut up sentences that the students manipulate to determine the main idea and supporting details. These match pictures of various situations.
• Instructional material which includes a partial text for the teacher to model with.
• A graphic organizer to model with.
• Written text for the students to read from
• A graphic organizer for the student to use to support writing their summary of their lesson.
• An iPad if available to use with the program “Explain Everything”-student work could be projected onto the SmartBoard if the software is available.

Learning Goals

At the end of this lesson the learner will be able to successfully read a text, determine the main idea, find supporting details and create a concluding sentence. The student will write these down and share their summary with their classmates.

Keywords

• Designers for Learners
• Adult Education
• Main idea, supporting details and conclusion
• Summarizing
• Cars 4th-5th grade reading level

Time Required for Lesson

30 minutes

Prior Knowledge

A working idea of what a main idea or theme is and being able to find supporting details. What might be a new concept is how to skim text to pick out the details and to put a summary together with topic and concluding sentences.

Required Resources

• Photographs of pictures of various situations to use in the warm-up

• The teacher will need 1 copy of A New Car reading to model for students during the instructional time
• Copies of How to Fix a Flat Tire for each student..
• Graphic organizer for teacher and students. This could be copied onto a SmartBoard as the teacher models how to use it.
• Non-fiction texts on cars
• iPads if available.

Lesson Author and License

Jennie Johnson-Corless

Creative Commons CC By 4.0 license

Part 2: Lesson

Learning Objectives

By the end of the lesson the learner should be able to:        

• Read a "just right text" and with modeling work to create a summary using the main idea with supporting details.
• As independent practice pick out the main idea and supporting detail of a non-fiction text, using a graphic organizer write a summary paragraph.
• Share orally or in technology form the paragraph they created with a group or one on one.

Lesson Topics

Key topics covered in this lesson are:

• Non-fiction reading about cars and how they work

• Main ideas
• Topic Sentences
• Concluding sentences
• Summarizing
• Skimming

Context Summary

These non-fiction readings were chosen because they would be of high interest to most adult males who are at a 4/5 grade reading level. The goal is to keep their interest in the subject matter so that they can practice  the skills that are being taught. As the text gets harder it is important to find reading that is of high interest to them as schooling either did not come easy for them or were too bored by the subject matter to put much effort into it.

Relevance to Practice

The relevance to the learner in these particular skills will help them in their future decoding and comprehension of other non-fiction text. Being able to find the main idea and supporting details and putting it into a paragraph will help them in their summarizing skills. The adult learner at this level of decoding and comprehension is getting ready for harder text where stopping to think about their reading and summarizing will help them get through longer text. The student I had in mind will be reading car manuals and information about cars; and these skill being worked on will be a crucial step for his academic and professional life success.

Key Term and Concepts

Knowledgeable-Being proficient  about a particular thing.

Manual-a book that describes something usually how something operates or would be put together.

Maintenance-Something you do to an object or item keep it in good condition or running smoothly.

Overwhelming-When something feels like it is too difficult

Warm-Up- 5 minutes

Gathering pictures from magazines with activities of adults or children doing an activity, you can scan and put up on the SmartBoard or distribute them to groups of four. Discuss how their goal is to figure out the theme or main idea of the picture. Option: Along with these pictures there could also be five cut up sentence strips with one main idea and three details. As a group they would need to figure out which one was the main idea and which were supporting details.

Introduction- 1 minute

State the following:

 Learning Objective- By reading articles on cars, we will be able to figure out the main idea with supportive details and summarize the article.

Language Objective: We will show this by skimming, reading, writing a paragraph and sharing orally our paragraphs.

Presentation/Modeling/Demonstration-5 minutes

Ideally this reading would be scanned on the SmartBoard,but if not then writing it out ahead of time on chart paper.Using the reading titled New Cars the teacher will state the purpose of the reading (to find the main idea with supporting details) and read through the reading once. On the second read the teacher will talk about skimming and paraphrasing. Looking for keywords, while finding and highlighting the main idea and supporting details while talking it out on why she chose the sentences she did. She will then transfer these sentences to the graphic organizer that the students will have. (Hers can be scanned on the SmartBoard or enlarged on paper.) Have the students discuss in their groups why the teacher highlighted what she did.There would be a class discussion on why these sentences support the theme. The teacher will also point out why some sentences would not work.

Guided Practice- 10 minutes

The students on their own will read the second article once through and then a second time while highlighting. They will then record their sentences on the graphic organizer. The teacher will go around facilitating as necessary, providing immediate feedback and guiding when needed. When the students are done with this they will put their sentences into paragraph form.

Evaluation- 5 minutes

The evaluation process is listening as the students orally share their learning. Depending on size of class they can share to the class or to their tablemates.

Application-5 min

Bring in car owner manuals and have them look at them for a few minutes and share out what is something they can read about with picture help.

Part 3: Supplementary Resources and References

(To be used with teacher modeling)

New Car Owners

Cars are very complex machines with many working parts.It can be overwhelming to be a new car owner. When you buy a car it's important to have a basic working knowledge of some of the parts in your car. Finding someone who is knowledgeable will help you to increase your knowledge of your new car. If you don’t follow these guidelines you may run into maintenance problems that could easily be avoided.When you first get a car, you need to know the basics. Some of these are, what gas to put in, how to check the oil and the tire pressure, knowing what kind of oil to put in and how to put in washer fluid. These will help you keep your car running smoothly.  Most cars need to have their oil changed every 3 months or 3,000 miles. Also, after 3 oil changes you should replace the air filters.When you check the tire pressure, make sure to find the right pressure in your owner's manual. Getting your tires rotated and balanced will lengthen the life of the tires. Following these simple steps will help you to be a more informed car owner.

Written by Jennie Johnson-Corless

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(used by students for independent guided task)

How to Change a Flat Tire

Learning to change a tire is important for many reasons. Not all of us carry roadside service and may someday need to change a tire. If that happens to you, there are usually steps in your manual to help you. It's important to know where the spare tire, wrench and jack are. Following the directions in your owners manual will help you complete the task successfully. Make sure you are on flat surface and have your hazard lights on. With the wrench loosen the lug nuts but don't take the tire off yet. Use the jack to raise up the car so that your tire is not touching the ground. Pull the tire off the car and replace it with the spare. Put the lug nuts on but don't over-tighten them. Lower the car and finish tightening the lug nuts. Drive to the nearest car dealership or service station to have a new tire installed by professionals.

Written by Jennie Johnson-Corless

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