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Sophomore English January 14, 2014

Sophomore English January 14, 2014. Hello and welcome and Happy Tuesday! Please grab a handout from the Take One Tray. Also, please get out your Greek Roots chart. Today’s agenda: Greek roots Writing a summary Finding important details

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Sophomore English January 14, 2014

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  1. Sophomore EnglishJanuary 14, 2014 • Hello and welcome and Happy Tuesday! • Please grab a handout from the Take One Tray. • Also, please get out your Greek Roots chart. • Today’s agenda: • Greek roots • Writing a summary • Finding important details • Class practice with “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • Formative assessment with “Cultural differences: they are not insignificant”

  2. Greek Roots • Root: petro-, petr-, peter- • Meaning: stone, rock • Words:

  3. Greek Roots • Root: phago-, phag-, -phag, -phage, -phagic • Meaning: eat, consume • Words:

  4. Greek Roots • Root: philo-, phil-, -phile, -philia, -philic • Meaning: love, loving, friendly to, fondness for, attraction to • Words:

  5. Writing a summary • A summary is a shortened version of the original text. • It shows the structure of the original text as well, and keeps the main idea and details in context. • There is a certain procedure to writing a good summary.

  6. Writing a summary STEP ONE: Annotate the text. • Underline important ideas and circle key terms. • Find the main point of the article and put a *star beside it. • Divide the article into sections using [brackets]. Note the main idea of each section in the margins.

  7. Writing a summary • STEP TWO: Look back over your annotations and determine main idea of the article. Write it in your own words.

  8. Writing a summary • STEP THREE: Write your rough draft of the summary. Combine the information from the two previous steps. • Include all important ideas. • Use the author’s key words or terms when they are essential for clarity. • Include any important data (statistics, etc.). • Include any important conclusions.

  9. Writing a summary • STEP FOUR: Write the final draft of your summary. Edit your version so your summary is concise. • State the main point first. • Make the summary clear and understandable to someone who has not read the original article. • Include the main idea of each section • State the text’s conclusion. • Summarize—do not merely give a table of contents. • Do not add data or your own ideas. • Keep it short—1 paragraph, no more than 7 sentences.

  10. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • We will read Michael Kaufman’s narrative “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” and practice our summarizing process. • Remember, first we need to annotate the article. I will show you how to do it with the first paragraph.

  11. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • THIS STORY is about prejudice and stupidity. My own. • It begins in 1945 when I was a 7-year-old living on the fifth floor of a tenement walkup on 107th Street between Columbus and Manhattan Avenues in New York City. The block was almost entirely Irish and Italian, and I believe my family was the only Jewish one around. • One day a Spanish-speaking family moved into one of the four apartments on our landing. They were the first Puerto Ricans I had met. They had a son who was about my age named Hector, and the two of us became friends. We played with toy soldiers and I particularly remember how, using rubber bands and wood from orange cratges, we made toy pistols that shot off little squares we cut from old linoleum. • We visited each other's home and I know that at the time I liked Hector and I think he liked me. I may even have eaten my first avocado at his house. • About a year after we met, my family moved to another part of Manhattan's West Side and I did not see Hector again until I entered Booker T. Washinton Junior High School as an 11-year-old. 

  12. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • Now, complete your annotation of “My Friend Hector.” You have 10 minutes to read and annotate.

  13. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • Now, compare your annotations with your group and determine the main idea of the article. Share your group’s main idea here:

  14. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” Now, it’s time to write the rough draft of your summary. If it helps, follow this structure: • Main idea • Main idea of section 1 • Important detail • Main idea of section 2 • Important detail • Main idea of section 3 • Important detail • Main idea of section 4 • Important detail

  15. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • Staple your completed summary on top of your annotated article, and turn them in!

  16. “Of My Friend Hector and My Achilles Heel” • Now, read back over your rough draft and determine what you can do to make it more concise. • Remove unnecessary details • Remove redundant points • Combine sentences

  17. Formative ASsessment • Read the blog post “Cultural differences: They are not insignificant,” and write a summary using the procedure you learned today. • Make sure to include: • The main ideaof the article • The main idea of each section • Important details • The text’s conclusion.

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