Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
STRATEGIES
Activities/Strategies
6 Word Memoirs
o Following Ralph Waldo Emerson, students condense summaries into exactly 6
words to capture the essence of the passage.
Backwards Summaries
o Have students start with the final product, the "big picture" view.
o Then go on to explore the smaller components and their meanings.
Intangible/Tangible Comparisons
o (intangible object) is like (tangible object) because______.
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One Word Summaries (Focuses students on gist, rather than minutia)
o Write one word that summarizes lesson/reading/etc.
o Then write a brief explanation to justify that one word. Argue for or against it
o Defend their word choice to the class.
Physicalize Concepts
o Come up with kinesthetic movements for concepts to internalize
o OR have small groups of students come up with kinesthetic movements and
then defend it from critique to the class.
Summary Ball
o Everyone stands in a circle and share one thing they remember from the
reading when ball is tossed their way.
o When they dont have more to contribute they sit down.
o Last two people standing win.
Quick Spot Checks
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SUMMARIZATION STRATEGIES
Mnemonic Devices (Wormeli, 2005)
DKS:
o Delete some elements
o Keep some elements
o Substitute some elements
Problem/Hypothesis/Testing/Conclusion
Reminders
Tell students what they will get out the learning experience (aka the objectives of the
lesson)
Tell students what they will encounter as they go through the experience (the itinerary
and/or structure)
o When you prime the brain with structure and purpose of writing, writing flows
more easily
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Explicitly Teach
First, then, until, next, before, immediately, as, now, since, while,
during, soon, often after, previously
o Compare and Contrast
Would someone reading this summary get all the information they needed?
Does the writer omit their opinion and just report undistorted essence of content?
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