6.
Teacher Support Materials
MD Voluntary State Curriculum:
The students will compose a
written presentation that
express information by:
4A.2.c Composing to inform
using relevant support and
a variety of appropriate organizational
structures and signal words within a paragraph.
4A.4. Assessing the
effectiveness of choice of details,
organizational pattern, word choice, syntax,
use of figurative language, and rhetorical
devices in the student’s own composing.
Objective:
Students will practice note-taking skills in order to prepare to compose an essay.
Teacher Note:
l You
may want to make copies in advance
of the chart on Slide 2 for note-taking.
l Prepare copies of
the Forget-Me-Not Graphic
Organizer for note-taking.
l You may
want to make copies of the certificate
on Slide 4.
Differentiation:
lAllow students to work in pairs to support struggling readers.
lProvide copies of all text to highlight student information.
lUse of graphic organizers to scaffold reading and organize thinking.
Time Management Strategies:
lThis is one 45 minute lesson.
l Extra time may be
allotted for examination of
sites in enrichment activity.
Technology Infusion:
lStudents will fill in chart on Slide 2 using Power Point.
lStudents will access linked web sites.
lStudents will complete “Certificate of Recognition” using Power Point.
Created by Catherine Knight.
Copyright 2006,
Baltimore County Public Schools, MD, all rights reserved.
Lesson based on Jamie
McKenzie’s Slam dunk Lesson module available at