Super Six Strategies Summarising

Summarising Learners identify and accumulate the most important ideas and restate them in their own words.

Summarising Example Questions / Statements: -What things will help me / you summarise this text – list, mind map, note-taking, annotations etc? -What are the main ideas and significant details from the reading / viewing / listening? -If you were to tell another person about the text read / viewed / heard in a few sentences, what would you tell them? -What is the main theme? How is it connected to the world beyond the text? -In what significant ways does this text relate to / elaborate on the topic that you have been investigating? -Can you create a metaphor for the text that you have read? Teaching Comprehension Strategies Booklet originally developed as part of the Focus on Reading 3-6 program.

Summarising Key Words: Students highlight words they believe are key to understanding the passage. These words are written on sticky notes and placed on the page. After reading, the students close the book and arrange the key words in an order that supports a cohesive summary. Revisit Reflect Retell Time – Tested Strategies for Teaching Reading Comprehension Linda Hoyt

Summarising Partner Retelling: After reading a story to the students, explain that they will be working on retelling the story. It is helpful to identify the key points for the reading (e.g. most important events, elements of story structure and so on). Divide the class in half so that there is a storyteller group and a listening group. The storytellers work in teams to reread the selection and remind each other of the focus points for this retell. The listeners also reread and reflect on what they agree to be the most important retell elements of this story. The students are then matched with partners, a story-teller and a listener. While the teller talks, the listener records the elements of the story that are provided without assistance. When the story-teller is finished, it is the job of the listener to give clues about any remaining items that have not been checked off the list.

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