Resources: Activity #4 Castles K.I.M. chart K.I.M. Vocabulary Strategy (Beck, McKeown & Kucan, 2002). Instruct students on the following acronym: Standards Addressed: key K represents the word; students record the word to be learned. RI 7.4 important information; I represents students record what they have learned about the key word in "their own words." memory clue or mnemonic M represents (Drawing, picture or symbol) By making a sketch (or other memory clue) students synthesize and interpret Description the new information and make it their own. Resources: Activity #5 Castles Sum It Up sheet Sum It Up Read an entire selection (chapter, article, handout, primary source, etc.) and, as you read, list the main idea words on the “Sum It Up” sheet. Write a summary of the selection using as many of the main idea words as Standards Addressed: possible. Put one word in each blank. Imagine you have only $2.00 and that RI 7.3 each word you use is worth ten cents. You’ll “sum it up” in 20 words! Description Writing Prompts:
Activity #4 Resources: Castles K.I.M. chart Standards Addressed: RI 7.4 Description K.I.M. Vocabulary Strategy (Beck, McKeown & Kucan, 2002). Instruct students on the following acronym: K represents the key word; students record the word to be learned. I represents important information; students record what they have learned about the key word in "their own words." M represents memory clue or mnemonic (Drawing, picture or symbol) By making a sketch (or other memory clue) students synthesize and interpret the new information and make it their own. Activity #5 Resources: Castles Sum It Up sheet Standards Addressed: RI 7.3 Description Sum It Up Read an entire selection (chapter, article, handout, primary source, etc.) and, as you read, list the main idea words on the “Sum It Up” sheet. Write a summary of the selection using as many of the main idea words as possible. Put one word in each blank. Imagine you have only $2.00 and that each word you use is worth ten cents. You’ll “sum it up” in 20 words! Writing Prompts:
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