Lesson 7: Summary and paraphrase
In Lesson 7, we are still going to focus on using the short science-fiction story, 'The Cold Equations.'
(Boy, aren't you glad you read the whole thing and/or watched the video of it posted on Lesson 5's weebly page?)
Using 'The Cold Equations,' we will learn about two extremely important skills: summarizing and paraphrasing.
Summarizing and paraphrasing might be new words for you, but I bet you actually do both on a daily basis.
(Boy, aren't you glad you read the whole thing and/or watched the video of it posted on Lesson 5's weebly page?)
Using 'The Cold Equations,' we will learn about two extremely important skills: summarizing and paraphrasing.
Summarizing and paraphrasing might be new words for you, but I bet you actually do both on a daily basis.
Summary/summarize
A summery is a shortened version of a story or event.
When you tell somebody about a movie you saw, most likely you summarize it for them (unless you repeat the movie line by line, word for word...if you do, video it and send it to me. I want to see that!)
Being able to summarize is an important reading and writing strategy. It helps you communicate important thoughts and ideas to others, and it also helps you to comprehend (understand) what the author was trying to tell you.
Slides 4 and 5 go into great detail about summarizing. Please read them carefully! I recommend taking notes! I recommend spending time on the practice!
When you tell somebody about a movie you saw, most likely you summarize it for them (unless you repeat the movie line by line, word for word...if you do, video it and send it to me. I want to see that!)
Being able to summarize is an important reading and writing strategy. It helps you communicate important thoughts and ideas to others, and it also helps you to comprehend (understand) what the author was trying to tell you.
Slides 4 and 5 go into great detail about summarizing. Please read them carefully! I recommend taking notes! I recommend spending time on the practice!
Paraphrase/paraphrasizing
A paraphrase is shortened version of what someone says (or writes).
When you paraphrase, you re-tell something in your own words.
Paraphrasing is an important reading and writing skill. It helps you to communicate, furthermore you also comprehend much more when you use your own words to re--tell something somebody else said.
Slides 2 and 3 go into great detail about paraphrasing. Please read them carefully! I recommend taking notes! I recommend spending time on the practice!
NOTE: I'm not sure what the first paragraph of slide 2 is referring to when it says that we watched an audio version of something. You can ignore that.
'The Cold Equations'
The end of the story is given in on slide 5
After reading strategies
So far we've talked about pre-reading strategies, during reading strategies and now we get tutorial on post-reading strategies.
Please view the tutorial on slide 6 to see what types of things you can do that may be helpful for you to remember and think about (analyze) something that you've finished reading.
Please view the tutorial on slide 6 to see what types of things you can do that may be helpful for you to remember and think about (analyze) something that you've finished reading.
Assessment: quiz
There is a ten question quiz for this lesson.
The quiz contains essay questions which ask you to summarize and paraphrase parts of 'The Cold Equations.'
To earn full points for your typed answers, please make sure you give the correct number of properly written sentences.
Great job!!
The quiz contains essay questions which ask you to summarize and paraphrase parts of 'The Cold Equations.'
To earn full points for your typed answers, please make sure you give the correct number of properly written sentences.
Great job!!
Shifting gears
The next few lessons we will be shifting our focus from reading strategies to elements of fiction. Elements of fiction is a fancy way of saying how a story is built.
See you in Lesson 8!
See you in Lesson 8!