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COMPREHENSION
Summarization

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SUBJECT:

Reading Comprehension/Summarization

COURSE OR GRADE:

Content Area/Classroom Teachers

GOAL:

This strategy assists students in recalling the purpose or organization of materials accurately.

Supports the Learner Characteristic:

Has reading skills consistent with reading tasks required.

WHO:

Students who are not able to understand the main idea in a longer passage or selection.

Content Area Teachers/Classroom Teachers

WHEN:

Use procedure daily for 2-3 weeks.

TEACHING PROCEDURES:
Strategy for Summarization
This is an adaptation of simple story structure. It emphasizes 3 literal comprehension questions:

Who or what was this about: (Beginning) (character, topic)

What was the action, or change agent? (Middle)

What was the outcome or result of the change? (End)

Write the above questions on the board or on an overhead.

Provide students with a copy of the short passage that is to be read.

Read the passage along with students, or have students read the passage silently.

Using a "think aloud" process, ask the above 3 literal comprehension questions. As a group, have students fill in the appropriate blanks.

After the blanks have been filled in, organize the information in sentence form.

For example, a summary sentence for passages about the colonial settlement of America might look like:

Who (Beginning) = Colonial settlers

Action (Middle) = went westward

Outcome (End) = territorial wars intensified

Sentence: As colonial settlers went westward, territorial wars intensified.

STUDENT PRACTICE:

Choose short, complete passages (narrative text) or subtopic areas (expository text such as social studies or science).

Have students apply the "one sentence" summary model to given text.

CHECK UP:

Choose short, complete passages from your content area book or materials.

Have students summarize the given text using the "one sentence" summary model.

If 5 total passages are selected, 4/5 correct summary sentences (80%) would be considered mastery.

FOLLOW-UP:

If students need additional help, choose 5 additional passages with a partial summary breakdown. For example, provide information about the beginning, the middle, or the end of the sentence. Then, as a group, decide how to fill in the remaining information cluster.

Using overhead or front board, rewrite/display the most accurate student examples as product models.

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SUBJECT:	Reading Comprehension/Summarization
COURSE OR GRADE:	Content Area/Classroom Teachers
GOAL:	This strategy assists students in recalling the purpose or organization of materials accurately. Supports the Learner Characteristic: Has reading skills consistent with reading tasks required.
WHO:	Students who are not able to understand the main idea in a longer passage or selection. Content Area Teachers/Classroom Teachers
WHEN:	Use procedure daily for 2-3 weeks.
TEACHING PROCEDURES:	Strategy for Summarization This is an adaptation of simple story structure. It emphasizes 3 literal comprehension questions: Who or what was this about: (Beginning) (character, topic) What was the action, or change agent? (Middle) What was the outcome or result of the change? (End) Write the above questions on the board or on an overhead. Provide students with a copy of the short passage that is to be read. Read the passage along with students, or have students read the passage silently. Using a "think aloud" process, ask the above 3 literal comprehension questions. As a group, have students fill in the appropriate blanks. After the blanks have been filled in, organize the information in sentence form. For example, a summary sentence for passages about the colonial settlement of America might look like: Who (Beginning) = Colonial settlers Action (Middle) = went westward Outcome (End) = territorial wars intensified Sentence: As colonial settlers went westward, territorial wars intensified.
STUDENT PRACTICE:	Choose short, complete passages (narrative text) or subtopic areas (expository text such as social studies or science). Have students apply the "one sentence" summary model to given text.
CHECK UP:	Choose short, complete passages from your content area book or materials. Have students summarize the given text using the "one sentence" summary model. If 5 total passages are selected, 4/5 correct summary sentences (80%) would be considered mastery.
FOLLOW-UP:	If students need additional help, choose 5 additional passages with a partial summary breakdown. For example, provide information about the beginning, the middle, or the end of the sentence. Then, as a group, decide how to fill in the remaining information cluster. Using overhead or front board, rewrite/display the most accurate student examples as product models.
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