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How to Summarize What You Read: Part 1
Dr. Harper, Ed.D.
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(358)
Summarizing strategies enhance learning and promote the ability to remember more reading information.
Class experience
US Grade 6 - 9
In this course, students will learn to summarize expository text using the main ideas in ways that maintain the meaning and logical order. They will learn these summarizing skills by examining two different articles. The instructional methods used to facilitate learning include teacher modeling (I do, we do, you do), guided practice, and independent practice activities used to assess knowledge. Successful participation in the class requires students to have a basic understanding of the...
I am offering this class to provide reading comprehension support for students scoring below expectations on reading achievement tests. The ability to read and summarize increases a student's ability to reach proficient reading levels. Strong summarization skills increase long-term memory as reading comprehension levels improve. The credentials that make me a good teacher for this class include a reading specialist credential with an emphasis on reading in the content areas, a language development specialist credential, and an English language arts specialist credential.
Homework Offered
Students will complete a summary of an article covered in session two. The summary will be presented to the instructor for feedback during session three.1 - 2 hours per week outside of class
Assessments Offered
Students will be assessed on the completion of an article summary using the four elements of summary writing presented in sessions one and two.Grades Offered
5 files available upon enrollmentStudents will need to provide the following materials: • Pencils • Crayons • Drawing paper • Highlighter • Lined paper • A folder for class work Hand-outs include copies of two informative articles, a practice summarization graph, and a quiz for the end of the class evaluation. Access to all hand-outs posted in the classroom become available for printing after registration in the class.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
This content is appropriate for students in the grade level range from 4th - 8th grades who would benefit from improving their levels of reading comprehension.
Average rating:4.6Number of reviews:(358)
Greetings OutSchool Parents and Students! I am Dr. Debra Harper. My specialty areas of teaching are English language arts, beginning, intermediate, and secondary reading skills, beginning, intermediate, and secondary writing instruction, reading...
Group Class
$75
for 3 classes3x per week, 1 week
55 min
Completed by 656 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 11-15
3-6 learners per class
