Make a two-column chart by making a vertical line down a page in your notebook. Label the left column “Title.” Label the right column “Detail.” As you read, you will write down a suggested title for a section of the passage in the left column. In the right column, you will take notes on details that you think are important.
1. Notice that this selection is not divided into sections with titles. Writing suggested titles of sections will be your task. The sections may be short (a few paragraphs) or long (more than a page in length). You will need to decide when one section ends and another begins.
2. Read the first page and decide where the first section might end. Give this first section a title and write down two or three important details. Keep reading and adding section titles and details to your chart.
If you are having trouble completing the chart, work with a partner to do a read aloud/think aloud. Read two or three paragraphs aloud. Stop and think aloud with your partner about the section you read. Identify the main idea of the section and your response to what you read. Then have your partner read the next two or three paragraphs. Again, stop to think aloud. Continue this way until you have completed the selection.
With a partner, compare what you wrote in your chart. Work together to write a one-paragraph summary of the selection.