Reading skill
What is
Summarizing?
Summarizing
is the ability to produce a condensed version of information. The
summary
includes only important elements and retains the order of the original
information.
Why is
Summarizing Important?
Summarizing
is important because it benefits both the teacher and student.
For the
student
- it
provides an opportunity to communicate what is important
- it
serves as a way to check understanding
- it
provides practice in decision making and sequencing
For the
teacher
- it
provides evidence of the student’s ability to select important information
- it is
an informal indicator of comprehension
- it
reveals a student’s ability to prioritize and sequence
Helping
Students Develop Their Ability to Summarize
1.
Explain that the purpose of summarizing is to restate information in a way that
includes
all the important information, is brief, and is in order.
2. Relate
summary to text structure. The summary of a story will be different than
the
summary of expository material. Expository material may have one of the
following
predominant organizational patterns: descriptive, problem/solution,
compare/contrast,
sequential, main idea/detail, cause/effect.
3.
Identify a short selection for modeling. Choose a selection that is a clear
example
of a particular text structure.
4. Have
students read the selection with the purpose of focusing on the text
structure
(if text structure has been taught) and what was most important.
5. After
reading, ask students to identify the text structure. Have them use the
structure
to create a summary.
6. To
provide support for creating summaries that follow the text structure, use the
Summary
Checklists for Different Text Structures.
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