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Literacy Home What is a summary?
Summarizing,
Paraphrasing, and Quoting - This site describes the differences between
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting. It
also includes descriptions of when you will
use each of them.
Colorado
State University Writing Guide: Summarizing - This comprehensive site
has a ton of information about writing conventions
including summarizing and paraphasing.
Purdue
Online Writing Lab: Quoting, Paraphrasing,
and Summarizing - This is a succinct
description of the differences between these
three methods of using information.
The
University of Texas at Austin: Summarizing - This description actually describes
how to summarize and what steps should be taken
for summarizing different types of information
sources.
How do I teach note taking
and summary?
Five
Lessons for Teaching Note Taking - Scroll
down a little to see the links to five different
lessons on teaching this skill.
Reading
Quest.org Comprehension Strategies: Summarizing - This site has a description of
summarizing and how students can be taught
to summarize. Be sure to follow the additional
links on this page for additional strategies
and lessons.
Reading
to Learn Reading to Learn: Teaching Summarization - This straigtforward
lesson structure also includes lessons designed
to build skills needed to summarize.
Curry
School of Education: Direct Instruction of
Summary - This simple lesson is an example
of direct instruction. It is missing steps
though. Modeling could be coupled with this
strategy to begin teaching students about summarization. |
