1. Welcome!
Language Arts
Ms. Marek
Thursday-Friday, January 26-27,
2012

2. Independent Reading
Retrieve your library book
READ READ READ READ
READ READ READ

3. Schedule
Tuesday Data Analysis
Wednesday SRI
Thursday Meet the Candidates / Main
Idea, Summarizing,
Paraphrasing
Friday Main Idea, Summarizing,
Paraphrasing
• Welcome to Semester 2
• Make sure to learn your new schedule
• Consider getting a new notebook

4. OBJECTIVE
SWBAT determine
main idea in a text or
selection of text.
SWBAT summarize
and paraphrase text or
selection of text.

5. Think*Write*Share*
 What do you know about the election?
 Some sample questions for you to
consider as you are writing what you
know …
– Who is running?
– Who is in the lead?
– How do our elections work?
– What are these primary elections all
about?

6. Important Vocabulary
You will have a quiz next FRIDAY – February 3
 campaign: the competition for public office
 candidate: a person who seeks office
 caucus: an early statewide meeting where members
of a political party select delegates to support their
favorite candidates
 convention: a big meeting in which delegates from a
political party pick the candidates for President and
Vice President
 delegate: a person given power or authority to act for
others; a representative

7. Important Vocabulary
You will have a quiz next FRIDAY – February 3
 front-runner: a candidate who is thought to be in the
lead
 nominee: a person chosen by a political party to be a
candidate
 political party: an organized group of voters with
similar ideas and goals for a country and its
government. The two main parties in the U.S. are the
Republican Party and the Democratic Party.
 polls: surveys of specific groups; places where
people vote
 primary: an early, statewide election in which voters
choose their favorite candidates

8. Let’s Meet the Candidates

9.  Barack Obama
 44th president of the
United States
 1st African-American
President
 Democratic Party
 Senator of Illinois
2005-2008

10.  Newt Gingrich
 Republican
 Representative, Georgia 1979-1999
 Speaker of the House of Representatives (top
position in the house) 1995-1999
 Won South Carolina Primary

11.  Mitt Romney
 Republican
 Governor of Massachusetts 2003-2007
 Successful businessman
 Won New Hampshire Primary

12.  Rick Santorum
 Republican
 Representative, Pennsylvania 1990-1995
 Senator, Pennsylvania 1995-2007

13.  Ron Paul
 Libertarian (type of Republican – personal liberty is
most important value)
 Representative, Texas 1970s, 1980s, 1997-2012

14. Candidates (no longer running)
Rick Perry Michele Bachmann
Herman Cain

15. Summarizing vs Paraphrasing
 Indicator 2.A.4.d – 31% Basic
 Paraphrasing – taking a section of text and
restating it in your own words
 Summarizing - telling the main idea or
selection of events in your own words

16. Paraphrase Practice
 Paraphrase the old saying, “Don’t
count your chickens before they
hatch.”
 Dont just write: “Wait until the
chickens have hatched before
counting them.”
 Instead, examine the idea behind
the phrase and restate it in more
direct terms.
 “Never assume you’ll get something
you want until you have it.

17. Summarizing
 Now that we’ve
reviewed paraphrasing,
let’s discuss how to
effectively summarize.
 A is a short
piece of writing about a
longer piece. A
summary includes only
the most important
details or main ideas.

18. Summarizing vs Paraphrasing
 Indicator 2.A.4.d – 31% Basic
 What is the difference between
summarizing and paraphrasing?

20. Main Idea
Supporting
Details
Related
Facts

21. Summarizing
“Gingrich wins South Carolina”
 Work with a partner to complete a main idea,
supporting details, related facts chart
 Work independently to write a summary of the article
on a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER!

22. Homework
 Read a newspaper article about the 2012 election.
– Must come from a reputable source (New York Times,
Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine,
Newsweek)
 Complete a main idea, supporting details, related
facts chart.
 Complete a 1 paragraph summary of the article.
 Make sure to include the title of the article and where
you found it.
Darryl Smith
Team Harvard
Ms. Marek
1/27/12
“Gingrich Emerges as Frontrunner” New York Times

23. Weekend Homework
 Candidate Report (1-2 pages)
 Select a candidate running for president
 Find out his / her bibliographic information
(where was she/he born, what jobs has
she/her had in the past)
 Determine his / her political beliefs
 Include his / her campaign slogan

24. REMINDERS
READ READ READ!
Start thinking about a book you
want to read.
READ READ READ!