Summarization

1. Summarization Nancy Ralph Blanca Villarreal Isabel Castillo Maria Albarrán

2. Objective The student will be able to identify important events so that they may successfully retell/summarize a story. • Prior to the students beginning the activity, the teacher should define/review what an event is as well as important details. • If this is the first time doing this activity teachers should choose a story that has a clear beginning, middle and end.

3. Activity by Grade Level • K-1st: Students will draw the 3 most important events in the story, focusing on beginning, middle and end. (May be done individually or as a group.) • 2nd Grade: Students will perform the same activity as K-1st and in addition write 1-2 sentences describing their picture. (May be done individually or as a group.) • 3rd-4th Grade: Divide students into groups. Each group will be responsible for creating a subtitle for each different part of the story; beginning, middle, and end.

4. Gallery Walk For every grade level: Students will display their work around the classroom. If the work was done as a group, each group may choose one team member to speak about their final project to other students who come to observe. Students may be graded by using a teacher-created rubric that is grade-level appropriate.