Reading Informational TextReading Informational Text  Think about what you already know on the topic  Skim subheadings, charts, pictures  Locate thesis!  Pay attention to topic sentences  Look for and highlight facts, dates, statistics  Highlight and paraphrase!

Let’s get startedLet’s get started  Nelson Mandela- Go through and highlight: Names, Dates, Significant Events  Focus: How did Mandela’s childhood contribute to his leadership and political uprising?

Collecting Important Information!  Let’s see how effective your highlighting is!  With your seat partner, locate information from your text (hopefully highlighted).  Fill out your handout!  Anything “directly quoted” or facts that you put into your own words (paraphrased) must have a page number!

Passbook AssignmentPassbook Assignment  Open to a clean page! Left Side:  Please write down the title/author from the autobiography: A Long Walk to Freedom: A Country Childhood by Nelson Mandela  Select two quotes from your list that portray evidence that Mandela’s leadership was inspired by his childhood. Please copy them down on the left side and always include citations : (Mandela 12).

On the Right SideOn the Right Side  Write down the title:  Film Clip: “Nelson Mandela’s Story”  Write down three additional facts from the clip on Mandela’s life. 

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“The Struggle is My Life”“The Struggle is My Life”  Details the main trajectory of Mandela’s overcoming Apartheid  In groups, read aloud while highlighting essential information  Individually, go back to paraphrase your section.  Then share: What is your section about? What do others need to know about your section? This is what your focus should be.

YOUR SECTION ONLY!!YOUR SECTION ONLY!!  Slowly and carefully read your section  Paraphrase as you go- do a thorough job!!!!  In your group, share paraphrases: your job will be to synthesize the information to TEACH the class what your section was about. Fill out the outline format.  Write a topic sentence and 3 supporting details for your section! Class will take NOTES depending on what you say!”

Presentation  Select most thorough and legible outline (PEN!!)  Review topic sentence  Use quotes to facilitate your presentation  Graded on Organization (5) and Quality of Information shared (5)  (Audience will take notes, locate quotes, and paraphrase their section according to your findings)