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Read Write Think: Get the Gist: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area Lesson PlanRead Write Think: Get the Gist: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area Lesson Plan
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ReadWriteThink
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6th - 8th
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English Language Arts
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Lesson Plan

Read Write Think: Get the Gist: A Summarizing Strategy for Any Content Area

Curated by ACT

A five-part standards-based activity in which students learn to write a 20 word summary of an informational text by focusing on answering the questions who, what, when, where, why, and how. This strategy can be applied to any content area, and a printable template is available.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

expository text

Additional Tags

five w and h questions, summarize, ncte, readwritethink, informational text, summary, writing summaries

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 4 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

Common Core

RL.7.2 RL.8.2 CCRA.R.5 SL.7.2 RL.6.2 WHST.6-8.2.a SL.6.1.b RI.7.2 RI.8.2 RI.6.2 CCRA.W.2 RI.8.9 W.8.2.a SL.6.2 RI.8.7 SL.6.1.c

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