Written and Oral Summaries
Definition: Oral summaries allow students to verbally summarize sections of a text. Written summaries have students write a shorten version of the text where they reflect the sharing of the major details and main idea.
Benefits: According to Reading Rockets, “Summarizing teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way” (2015). Summarizing also shows what students remember from what they have read. Summaries can be used in any content area.
How Writing is used: In a written summary the writer should focus on reflecting on the passage they have read. Reflections allow for great comprehension of the text.
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Definition: Oral summaries allow students to verbally summarize sections of a text. Written summaries have students write a shorten version of the text where they reflect the sharing of the major details and main idea.
Benefits: According to Reading Rockets, “Summarizing teaches students how to discern the most important ideas in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the central ideas in a meaningful way” (2015). Summarizing also shows what students remember from what they have read. Summaries can be used in any content area.
How Writing is used: In a written summary the writer should focus on reflecting on the passage they have read. Reflections allow for great comprehension of the text.
Examples:
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This video describes detailed steps it takes to write a summary and each of its components.
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This video shows an example of an oral summary.
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Cornell Notes
Definition: Cornell notes allow students to take notes, ask questions about those notes and summarize the notes on one paper. Cornell notes have students re-read their notes multiple times in the process, improving comprehension.
Benefits: According to Literacy in Context, “several studies have been completed on the effectiveness of making notes and the results have shown that students who learn and practice it as a strategy, specifically Cornell Notes, have increased engagement with understanding of concepts within the text (Yamamoto, 2007)”. (Miller and Veatch, 2011).
How Writing is used: Writing is used throughout note taking as well as writing higher level questions and a summary.
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Definition: Cornell notes allow students to take notes, ask questions about those notes and summarize the notes on one paper. Cornell notes have students re-read their notes multiple times in the process, improving comprehension.
Benefits: According to Literacy in Context, “several studies have been completed on the effectiveness of making notes and the results have shown that students who learn and practice it as a strategy, specifically Cornell Notes, have increased engagement with understanding of concepts within the text (Yamamoto, 2007)”. (Miller and Veatch, 2011).
How Writing is used: Writing is used throughout note taking as well as writing higher level questions and a summary.
Examples:
This is a video of a Biology teacher describing how to take Cornell notes. She also gives a great example.
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This video shows and describes how to take Cornell Notes as well as how to set up the paper
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