Student Name: Sami Richmond

Title of Lesson: Summarizing text using QAR

Grade(s): 10th grade (using 8th grade text)

Total Lesson Time: 30 minutes

Subject Area: Reading/Literacy (special education)

Curriculum Standard(s)
RI.910.IA.1
Employthefullrangeofresearchbasedcomprehensionstrategies,includingmaking
connections,determiningimportance,questioning,visualizing,makinginferences,
summarizing,andmonitoringforcomprehension.
RI.910.2
Determineacentralideaofatextandanalyzeitsdevelopmentoverthecourseofthetext,
includinghowitemergesandisshapedandrefinedbyspecificdetails;provideanobjective
summaryofthetext.
LearningObjectives(Benchmark)andAssessment:
LearningObjective(s)
Assessment(s)
1.Studentswillbeabletowritea
comprehensivesummaryoninformationaltext
1.PassageSummary
usingtheQARstrategy.
2.Studentswillbeabletoidentifywhatthey
havelearnedinthislessonthroughself
reflection.

2.SelfReflectionsheet

MaterialsNeeded:
WeDaredToLead(anarticlebyBryanBrown)
MeetingNelsonMandela(anarticlebyRebeccaLeon)
QuestioningWorksheet
SelfReflectionWorksheet
LessonProcedures:
1.AskstudentstosharewhattheyrememberaboutQAR.
Followupbyaskingstudentshowthiscanhelpthem
summarizetext.(1minute
2.Explainthattodaywewillbereviewinghowto
summarizeusingtheQARstrategy.Explainhow
summarizingrequirescomprehension,whichQARcanhelp
enhance.PresentQARquestiontypesandhowtousethem
(3minutes)

Differentiation(Adaptationsfor
DiverseLearners,ELL,Gifted)
Thisentirelessoncanbe
modifiedforstudentsofvarying
needsbyincreasingor
decreasinggradeleveltext.
Additionally,thesestepscanbe
brokendowntobepresented
slowerorquicker.Moretime
canbespentonidentifying
typesofquestionsoron

comprehensionstrategiesalone.
3.GuidestudentstothearticleWeDaredToLeadbyBryan
Brown.Tellstudentstheyshouldreaditcarefullyandtake
notesonwhatisimportant.Modelwithusingthegiven
article.Nextaskstudentsforsuggestionsthattheyfound
importantusingQARquestionsandhowthiscouldcreatea
summary.Writeasummaryasaclass.(5minutes)
4.Havestudentscompletethesameactivityindependently
withadifferentarticle.Theywillturnthisinasassessment.
(5minutes)
5.Havestudentscompleteaselfreflection(1minute)

ReferencesUsed:
Literacysnapshot:Questionanswerrelationshipidentifyingquestiontypes.Kentucky
DepartmentofEducation.16.
Questionanswerrelationship.(2015).RetrievedJune25,2015,from
http://www.adlit.org/strategies/19802/
Raphael,T.E.,&Au,K.H.(2005).QAR:Enhancingcomprehensionandtesttakingacross
gradesandcontentareas.ReadingTeacher,59(3),206221.

PreTeachWrittenStatementonOutcome(Whatareyourgoalsforthislesson?)
Iintendforstudentstoindependentlywriteasummaryofinformationaltextthrough
understandingeffectivetypesofquestioningpresentedbyQARasacomprehensionstrategy.
Studentsshouldsummarizeusingastepbystepprocedurelearnedinthislesson.

ClassroomManagementStrategy(Howwillyoufosterengagementandpositivebehavior?)
Iwillguidestudentsthroughthefirstpartofthislessonbyworkingwholeclass.While
studentsareworkingindependently,Iwillwalkaroundtheclassroomandpromptstudents
whoneedhelp.Iwillencouragestudentstoaskquestionsthroughoutthelesson.