summaries By imalith

I was just working on that and grading the results today. First, I have students write topic sentences. We divide the paper into three parts and write Name it! Verb it! and Finish it! at the top of each column.

Name it should be specific, In chapter 2 of Charlotte's Web,the author

Verb: Describes

Finish it: a hilarious scene where Wilbur goes to the county fair.

Now, have students jot down 5 phrases to describe the chapter or scene.

Wrap it up by rewriting the topic sentence, making sentences out of the phrases and rewriting in cursive. Tah-dah! a nice, concise summary.

 

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