Strategy : Summarization

Explanation/purpose : An active comprehension strategy that creates a representation of the gist. It helps recall, especially with subjects like science and social studies texts. They can be written or visual statements, texts or diagrams that capture the important ideas in abbreviated form.

How it works in the class : The school newsletter could be summarized in the class with a relevant application. Summaries could be used in comprehension checking where a reader pauses for reflection and then jots down the main points that they’ve just read. Visually, summaries of passages could be reflected in a host of different ways by way of graphic organizers as long as they sum up the key components of the text.

When ? : during and after

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