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New York State Education Department

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 11

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You'll C-E-R a difference in classroom achievement after using a helpful instructional activity. Designed for economics, civics, government, and US history classes, participants practice using the CER model to craft arguments about...
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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 6

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Is a college education necessary for success in today's world? The class investigates the question, along with others at the end of the sixth workshop in a 15-part series. The lesson has four parts with multiple activities and...
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EngageNY

TASC Transition Curriculum: Workshop 12

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
How can opinions slant facts? Workshop participants learn how to examine primary and secondary sources and identify the author's point of view. They also examine how visual art impacts the meaning and rhetoric of sources. Full of...
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Leaf Group

Classroom: How to Write a Summary Paper in Mla Format

For Students 9th - 10th
This article by YaShekia King focuses on writing a summary paper in MLA Style.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Summary: Planning Your Essay

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This reference provides a summary of eight steps to follow when planning to write an essay.
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Other

Keys to Literacy: How to Write a Summary

For Students 7th Standards
Learn the seven steps to writing a summary of an informational text. Includes a summary template and completed examples.
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Other

Prezi: Writing a Summary of Nonfiction

For Students 7th - 8th Standards
Writing a summary is an excellent way for students to demonstrate their understanding of nonfiction text. This slideshow explains what makes a good summary and delves into the four basic rules for writing a summary of nonfiction text.
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University of Sydney (Australia)

The Write Site: Summary: Paraphrasing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides a list of reminders about paraphrases. Then student will self-assess their own writings to ensure that they have properly used their paraphrases.
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Colorado State University

Colorado State Writing Center: Writing Summaries

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This guide is about the many facets and considerations involved when writing a summary. Also provides the reader options for which type of summary they are interested in researching, and provides a detailed analysis of each. Th e links...
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Critical Reading: Summary Skills

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on how to write a summary including strategies for annotation, paraphrasing the thesis statement, distinguishing major ideas from minor ones, and picking appropriate quotes. It also provides videos including "How to...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Summary and Paraphrase: Tutorial

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this slideshow tutorial, students are provided with notes that distinguish "summarizing" from "paraphrasing" content. Examples of effective summaries and paraphrases of text are provided. Then students have the opportunity to engage...
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Monitor for Understanding: Sum Summary! [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
A lesson plan in which learners read a narrative or informational text and complete graphic organizers to help them write good summaries of the texts. Materials are included.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Guided Comprehension in Action: Teaching Summarizing

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
Students learn the ins and outs of writing biographies by researching a contemporary or historical figure and writing a summary.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Writing Fix Homepage

For Teachers K - 1st Standards
Have you ever needed someone to help you out with your writing? This site offers help to students and teachers. The lessons and resources are organized based on the 6 Writing Traits model. An especially interesting feature of the site is...
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Other

Sample Summary Essay: Sophocles, Oedipus Rex

For Students 9th - 10th
A short summary of an article written on the famous Greek play by Sophocles. A good reference for a student looking for examples of summary essays.
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Florida Center for Reading Research

Florida Center for Reading Research: Expository Text Structure: Super Summary [Pdf]

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
A lesson plan in which students read a text and then complete a graphic organizer to help them write a summary. Materials are included.
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Distinguish Between Summary and Critique (English I Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this lesson, students will learn how to write an effective summary using reading strategies to help ensure that the summary contains enough information without including unnecessary details or personal opinions. You will also learn...
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Distinguish Between Summary and Critique (English Ii Reading)

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson will focus on summary and critique separately so that you can distinguish between the two. You will learn how to summarize a text and how to distinguish between essential and nonessential information when summarizing. You...
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Other

"Surprised by Joy" by c.s. Lewis: A Critical Summary

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a "critical summary and overview" of C.S. Lewis' book, "Surprised by Joy." The author, Dr. Bruce L. Edwards of Bowling Green State University, breaks the analysis into three parts, which might be a useful pattern for students in...
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Wisc-Online

Wisc Online: Summary Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
In this learning module, students demonstrate an understanding of summary writing by reading step-by-step instructions and then summarizing short paragraphs. Examples of summaries that are poorly written, as well as those that are...
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Love To Know Media

Your Dictionary: Lesson Plan for Writing a Movie Summary

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson focuses on teaching high school students to write a movie summary that provides a plot summary without sharing too much of the storyline but includes the following: brevity, conflict, theme, tone, and persuades others to want...
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Book Report Alternative: Bookmarks

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Interesting online lesson that offers a twist on the traditional book report. Students use bookmarks online to justify their preferences and offer analysis of text; they use summaries and symbols to write and analyze.
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ACT360 Media

Writing Den: Essay Writing Tips

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
All you want to know about writing essays, from prewriting to editing. Click on the tip-o-matic and find tips on anything dealing with grammar or writing.
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Picture Book Writing Lesson: Pros, Cons, and Interesting Hooks

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Inspired by the picture book How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long, an enthusiastic tale that explores the pros and cons of being a pirate, students will research an interesting job and prepare to write about it. While researching, the...

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