Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Fiction and Nonfiction Summary Writing FREEBIE!!!

As I sat here this afternoon grading the summaries that my students had written using Jen's Comprehension Strategy Posters For Nonfiction Text (which I LOVE!!!) I was disappointed to see that several of my students didn't seem to understand how to write a summary...even after all of my modeling. 

One student had written his opinion, a couple had written their thoughts about the text, but few had been able to actually pull out examples from the text and summarize it in their own words.  So, I decided to create some scaffolding sheets that will help them when writing summaries (Which we'll be doing a lot next week as I re-teach!)

Click on the picture below if you'd like a copy :)

http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fiction-and-Nonfiction-Summary-Writing-FREEBIE-998036
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Enjoy!


4 comments:

  1. I notice the same thing from my students when they write summaries in Science and SS. I like the format of your freebie! Thanks for sharing!!

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  2. Why, hello again!! I was waiting for your next post :) This outline is great! Thank you for sharing! I'm going to try it with my class. Happy Thanksgiving!! Enjoy your break

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  3. Our scholars struggle with summarizing. We appreciate your incredible freebie.

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  4. Hope you are able to get back to blogging soon! I am just stopping by to say HI to all of my fellow NC teacher/bloggers!
    Dirt Road Teacher

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