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The following are activities that build toward developing the skill of summarizing:
Summarizing Activities
Circle the most important word or phrase in the sentence, paragraph or text.
Underline the most important things told about a word or phrase.
One-syllable word summary
Have students working in groups of three or four students, develop a one-syllable word summary of the article. Students may use only words of one syllable. This is a fun activity and encourages the use of synonyms.
Highlighted Reading for Middle and High School by Dr. Elaine Weber
Purpose:
Engage students in print
Develop fluent scanning
Highlight most important information
Prepare text for substantive conversation
Materials:
A copy of the text
A highlighter pen
Planning:
Select an article or piece of text that is accessible to all the students.
Identify the vocabulary that needs to be taught in advance.
Determine a context for the information that could frame it for the students’ prior knowledge.
Consider what kind of discussion you want to come out of the reading of the text.
Select the appropriate information to be highlighted based on the goal for the discussion.
Map out the text paragraph by paragraph with prompts to highlight the information.
Procedure:
Build the context for the reading by activating prior knowledge. Have students find the vocabulary in the text and highlight it as you give the definition. Move the students to scan the text by telling them which paragraph and what to highlight. (Like finding Waldo)
Summarizing Activities
Circle the most important word or phrase in the sentence, paragraph or text.
Underline the most important things told about a word or phrase.
One-syllable word summary
Have students working in groups of three or four students, develop a one-syllable word summary of the article. Students may use only words of one syllable. This is a fun activity and encourages the use of synonyms.
Highlighted Reading for Middle and High School by Dr. Elaine Weber
Purpose:
Engage students in print
Develop fluent scanning
Highlight most important information
Prepare text for substantive conversation
Materials:
A copy of the text
A highlighter pen
Planning:
Select an article or piece of text that is accessible to all the students.
Identify the vocabulary that needs to be taught in advance.
Determine a context for the information that could frame it for the students’ prior knowledge.
Consider what kind of discussion you want to come out of the reading of the text.
Select the appropriate information to be highlighted based on the goal for the discussion.
Map out the text paragraph by paragraph with prompts to highlight the information.
Procedure:
Build the context for the reading by activating prior knowledge. Have students find the vocabulary in the text and highlight it as you give the definition. Move the students to scan the text by telling them which paragraph and what to highlight. (Like finding Waldo)