Learning Target: I can summarize what I read using the GIST strategy.

1. Learning Target: I can summarize what I read using the GIST strategy. Language Target: I can read my novel, PowerPoint slides, and an article; listen to directions; ask questions when I need clarification; and write GIST statements. Friday, January 10, 2014

2. Today you are going to learn a strategy that will help you write summaries and understand the main idea of each paragraph when reading expository texts. • Copy the following notes into the first half of your Notebook: A GIST statement is the most important information in a paragraph. There are three steps to writing a GIST statement: A. Name the subject of the paragraph (who or what it is about). B. Tell the most important information about the subject. C. State the main idea in 10 words or less.

3. EXAMPLE: Sample Paragraph: Coral reefs are like underwater cities. The are full of energy and activity. More species of sea creatures and plants live on coral reefs than anywhere else in the ocean. A. Who or what is the paragraph mostly about? B. What is the most important information about the subject? C. Write the GIST in a complete sentence of 10 words or less. • Coral Reefs • like cities – more life than anywhere else in the ocean • City-like coral reefs are full of ocean life.

4. This is NOT group work!!! Your Assignment: • Reread “Change is Good-Don’t let Naysayers Tell You Otherwise” by Thomas Hawk. You may annotate on it. • Number each paragraph. (There are twelve paragraphs.) • On a separate sheet of loose-leaf notebook paper, write your name and number your paper like this: • 1- a. • b. • c. • 2- a. • b. • c. Continue numbering through 12. • Complete all three steps of the GIST strategy for each of the twelve paragraphs. • Look back at all your GIST statements and create two or three sentences that could summarize the entire article. Write them on your notebook paper. Turn your paper in and read.