Day 1

The Room Lesson Plan

Classroom Activities

  1. 1

    The GIST of It

    Kind of Activity:

    Group Work

    Objective:

    Students will prepare an objective summary of today's reading.

    Structure:

    For this activity, each student will fill out a separate GIST Template (linked below). This worksheet will provide them with a simple summary of the basic facts of each section of the text, as well as a succinct plot synopsis. As students fill out more of these with each act, they will create a reference that can be returned to if the plot becomes difficult to follow again. The GIST Template may be found here:

    http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson290/Template.pdf

    After reading the day's assignment, guide...

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