In your notebook, make a two-column chart by drawing a vertical line down the middle of a page. Label the left column TOPIC. 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 only be a page or so in length; again, you will 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 based on the topic, and write down two or three important details. Continue in this way throughout the selection
If you are having trouble completing the chart, work with a partner to do a read and 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 share your response to what you read. Then have your partner read the next two or three paragraphs. Again, stop to think aloud. Continue in this way until you have completed the selection.
With a partner, compare what you wrote in your chart. Together, work to write
a
one-paragraph summary of the selection.