UNIT X UNIT 5 | 165 DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTION Scaffold Support students’ understanding of using summarizing words by providing additional practice with sentence frames. Brainstorm three familiar story plots together. Then model how to say and write the events in sequence. _____ is about _____ The main characters are _____ In the beginning, _____. Amplify Ask students to extend their understanding of summarizing by writing sentences that include additional summarizing terms, such as first, next, finally, and in the end. Have students build on the sentences they created in Activity C. Reading Strategy: Summarize • Build academic language proficiency Discuss the meaning of summarize and elicit signal phrases. • Understand the strategy Explain the reading strategy and review the signal phrases. Say: Summarizing helps you understand a text. Use these phrases when you summarize. Read the explanatory text aloud. A Use a graphic organizer Copy the word web onto the board. Have students close their books. Call on volunteers to retell Kiki’s Journey. List events related with school on the board and review the other topics. Have students chart remaining events. ANSWERS Relevant details: school: upset by teacher; Grandma’s house: baking bread; tour: history of her people; what she learns: family connection. B Use notes to summarize Read aloud the example sentences before students begin the activity working in pairs. ANSWERS Sample answer: Kiki’s Journey is about a girl who visits where she was born. Kiki is the main character and her family and teacher are other characters. In the beginning her teacher asks her about another Native American tribe and she gets upset. In the middle, her family visits her grandma and tours the Pueblo. Then she learns her family is connected to the Tiwa. C Summarize Remind students to use the sentences in Activity B as a model. ANSWERS Sample answer: Kiki’s Journey is about a girl who visits the place she was born. The main character is Kiki and her family and teacher are other characters. In the beginning, Kiki’s teacher asks her to talk about another Native American tribe and Kiki gets upset. In the middle, her family visits her grandma. Kiki bakes bread with her mother and grandmother. Then she tours the Pueblo and learns more about the history and culture. At the end, she learns that her family has a connection with the Tiwa people and the Pueblo. Practice Book p. 89 Assessment Program p. 81 PRACTICE COMMUNICATE EXPLORE AND LEARN UNIT X5 / BEFORE YOU READ Summarize Reading Strategy When you summarize a story, you give the main events and relevant details in your own words. You don’t retell the entire story. Summarizing helps you understand a text. You can use these words when you summarize: . . . is about . . . The main characters are . . . In the beginning / middle / end, . . . Try Out the Strategy A Reread Kiki’s Journey on pages 88–97. Complete the word web with the central ideas. B Use your notes to summarize Kiki’s Journey. C Write a summary of Kiki’s Journey. school Pueblo tour Grandma’s house what she learns Kiki’s Journey Kiki’s Journey is about a girl who visits an important place. In the beginning, Kiki is upset at school because . . . The main character is Kiki. Other characters are members of her family and people at school. UNIT 5 165
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