Summarizer

The role of the Summarizer  

Your task is to prepare a brief summary of this week’s reading.  Your group discussion will start with your 1 to 2 minute presentation that covers the key points and essence of this week’s reading assignment.

You need to write in complete sentences and paragraph form.  It should be a minimum of half a page and maximum of one page of typed print. 

What makes a summary GREAT?

-First Sentence Highlights the Main Idea/message of the story:

            (Explains it all in short)

- All important details (you can mostly know what happened by reading your summary)

- No irrelevant/unimportant/extra details

- In your OWN words (not rewritten right from text)

Organized

- Clear introduction and conclusion
- Has clear 3-4 events that connect to the main idea of the book

- Has good flow between sub-topics (uses transition words and language)

Spelling/Grammar

- Is edited/revised

- Uses increasingly new and challenging vocabulary

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Summarizer  (RE)  focuses only on key ideas and main message of text

☐ All of the key ideas & important information from the text are recorded.   ☐ Used own ideas & implied information.   ☐ No irrelevant information.

☐ Most of the key ideas & important information from the text are recorded.   ☐ Little irrelevant information.

☐ Some of the key ideas & important information from the text are recorded.    ☐ Some irrelevant information.

☐ Few key ideas & important information from the text are recorded.    ☐ Lots of irrelevant information.