lesson 8

Objective: Good readers are good thinkers. They can summarise a poem to help them gain understanding of the main themes.

Learning Intention: WALT retell the main points of a poem in a concise manner using our own words. When we summarise it enhances our reading comprehension. 

Success Criteria:

I can:

• read a poem

• find key ideas

• identify the the main theme

• write a succinct and clear summary of the poem

• TRY MY BEST

Warm up:

Why do we summarse when we read.

Create an anchor chart of what readers do when they summarise.

Ask why would we summarise a poem?

Illicit discussion that involves sharing ideas about comprehension.

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Explicit Teaching:

1. Read the selected poem aloud to the class, ensuring that students can hear the rhythm and tone.

2. Initial Reactions: After reading, ask students what they think the poem is about and record their responses on chart paper.

Sick

Sick "I cannot go to school today,"
Said little Peggy Ann McKay.
"I have the measles and the mumps,
A gash, a rash and purple bumps.
My mouth is wet, my throat is dry,
I'm going blind in my right eye.
My tonsils are as big as rocks,
I've counted sixteen chicken pox
And there's one more - that's seventeen,
And don't you think my face looks green?
My leg is cut, my eyes are blue -
It might be instamatic flu.
I cough and sneeze and gasp and choke,
I'm sure that my left leg is broke -
My hip hurts when I move my chin,
My belly button's caving in,
My back is wrenched, my ankle's sprained,
My 'pendix pains each time it rains.
My nose is cold, my toes are numb,
I have a sliver in my thumb.
My neck is stiff, my spine is weak,
I hardly whisper when I speak.
My tongue is filling up my mouth,
I think my hair is falling out.
My elbow's bent, my spine ain't straight,
My temperature is one-o-eight.
My brain is shrunk, I cannot hear,
There is a hole inside my ear.
I have a hangnail, and my heart is -
what? What's that? What's that you say?
You say today is ... Saturday?
G'bye, I'm going out to play!"

Teacher to discuss main ideas of poem and as a class begin a summary together. Remind students it is important to retell the main theme of the poem in their own words.

1.  Group Activity: Divide students into small groups and provide each group with a copy of the poem.

2. Identify Main Ideas: Instruct groups to underline or highlight key phrases that represent the main ideas of the poem.

3. Create Summaries: Have each group write a summary of the poem based on their identified main ideas, encouraging them to use their own words.

Independent Practice (15 minutes)

1. Summarize Independently: Students will read the new text and write a summary, applying what they learned during guided practice.