Writing 20-word summaries is simple, but not easy. Condensing ideas into 20 words forces students to do two things: A. Focus on the key points of a text. B. Focus on precision with words. Here are some activities I use to teach students how to write summaries. 1. Refresher activity on writing summaries 2. The purpose of this task is to get students reading 20-word summaries. Many of my students are familiar with certain movies […]
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The goal of this worksheet is simple: Get students “condensing” their ideas so they are precise with language (20-word summary). Get students “expanding” on their ideas so they can extract their deepest thoughts (golden line). Get students “playing” with new vocabulary so they can build conceptual knowledge (Frayer Model graphic organizer). Get students “inquiring” and asking questions so they can inject themselves into the learning process (ask the author a clarifying question). Here is the […]
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