1. Rain Forest Module 2A Unit 1 Lesson 4
Summarizing Informational Text: “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider”
Stephen J. O’Connor
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Based upon lessons created by Expeditionary Learning

4. I can listen actively to my group members while discussing ideas.
Learning Targets
I can explain the gist of the article “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider.”
I can determine the meaning of new words from context in the article “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider.”
I can listen actively to my group members while discussing ideas.
I can use my group’s ideas to help me determine the gist of an article.

6. Turn and share with a partner what you think the article is mostly about.

7. Close Readers Read slowly and carefully Reread several times
Break the text into chunks
Find main ideas or gists
Discuss what was read with others

8. Close Readers
Use context by reading sentences and/or words directly before or after the unfamiliar word
 Think about what type of speech the word is (verb, noun, adjective) and how it connects to/describes other words in the sentence
Break the word into familiar parts and determining meaning based on what part(s) can be defined easily
Look for repeated words, which usually indicates this is an important word,etc.

10. On your own, read the chunk of text, focusing on gist
On your own, read the chunk of text, focusing on gist. Choose no more than five key words that support the main idea, or gist, of what your chunk was about and write those words in the second column of the Note-catcher. After this, discuss the gist of your paragraph with your group. Then, on your own, write a gist statement in the third column of the Note-catcher.

11. What vocabulary did you find difficult?

12. Groups of 6 Read the chunk to your group Share the key vocabulary
Share the gist
Others should fill in their note catcher

13. Share out the gist statements about your chunk of the article
As your peers share, listen and take notes in the 3 column note-catcher. What is each chunk mostly about?
Now that you have reread chunks of the text more carefully, what do you think is the gist of the whole article?
Write your gist statement in the last box

14. Informational Texts

15. I can listen actively to my group members while discussing ideas.
Learning Targets
I can explain the gist of the article “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider.”
I can determine the meaning of new words from context in the article “Hawaii’s Endangered Happy Face Spider.”
I can listen actively to my group members while discussing ideas.
I can use my group’s ideas to help me determine the gist of an article.

16. What can we add to our Rainforest KWL anchor chart in the L– Learned–column about rainforests?

17. How was reading closely with a group different from doing it alone
How was reading closely with a group different from doing it alone? What helped or supported your understanding of the text?

18. happens most of the time
Academic
Word
Synonym
Definition
Picture
unique
explanation
one of a kind
resemble
similar
similar to; look like
generally
usually
happens most of the time
locate
find
find something

19. Academic Word Synonym Definition Picture stated symbol representation
said
said or wrote something
symbol
representation
something that represents something else
attention
notice
interest
bring notice or interest in something

20. Scientific Word Synonym Definition Picture extinction predators theory
death of all remaining members of species
predators
animals that eat other animals
theory
hypothesis, explanation
Ideas that explain something

21. Imagine that you were the scientist studying the happy face spider in the rainforest. In your journal, write a descriptive paragraph about the spider for people who are not in the rainforest to see it themselves.