Summarizing

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Summarizing

• Capturing the
• Most Important Part

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What is Summarizing?

• Shorter version of a longer piece of writing
• Ability to restate the main idea
• Test of comprehension

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Questions
Click on a piece of the pie to practice
Summarizing Skills.
http//www.edhelper.com/language/reading_comprehen
sion_skills401.html
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Tell Whats Important
Read It Sometimes people get hurt or lost when
they go hiking. Most of the time its because
they are not prepared. Maybe they arent used to
being outside in the heat. Or they dont carry
enough water to drink. Sometimes they twist an
ankle. Now and then people fall. Rescue rangers
are ready for anything.
Shrink It Rescue rangers help people who get
hurt or lost.
http//reading.ecb.org/teacher/summarizing/summari
ze_lessonplans.html
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Click here and blast off in the Reading Skills
Rocket!
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Goals
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Group Work

• Students will collaborate and create a
  storyboard for a short story the class has
  previously read or is currently reading.
  Students will present a summary of the story
  using pictures, narration, and video.

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Activity Introduction

• Discuss the concept of a movie storyboard to the
  class.
• Explain to students how storyboards tell a story.
  Film makers use storyboards to outline major
  events and summarize the stories they want to
  tell.
• Display a book that shows the ways filmmakers
  create storyboards.
• Choose a short story to further explain the
  concept of storyboards. Explain how summarizing
  the story can be done in a sequence of pictures.

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Create a Storyboard

• A storyboard contains pictures of the main events
  of a story in sequence.
• Create a storyboard for the story your group has
  selected.
• Storyboard should summarize the story in six to
  ten pictures.
• First pictures Set the stage for the story and
  show the setting.
• Middle pictures Summarize the story. Show what
  happens in the middle of the story.
• Last pictures Show the conclusion of the story.
• Narrate summarization while videoing
  illustrations in sequence.

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Dont Forget
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Zoo by Edward Hoch

• Students summarize a short story through
  illustrations, narration, and video using Flip
  Video Camera.