Lesson Plan
Hidden Treasure: Summarizing Informational Text
Ahoy there! Ready to sail with your students on a treasure map summary? What's that matey? Your students need practice with summaries? Then take a journey and summarize to find the hidden treasure.
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Learning Objectives
Students will be able to summarize a nonfiction or informational passage or article.
Introduction
(5 minutes)- Gather students on carpet.
- Tell students they will learn how to summarize a nonfiction/informational passage or article with the support of the Treasure Map Summary Organizer.
- Ask students to define summary. Use your own words to express that a summary includes the major points of a story or passage.
- Read the Treasure Map Summary poem to motivate students for the lesson.