Super Saturday
Writing Conference

SESSION 3  |  Grades 3-12 / ELL Levels 3-5

[HANDOUT]

Summarize content-area information

Scaffold summarization instruction

Define the goal of a summary.

Summaries include only the most important information told in order. 

PDF Template | Word Document

Summarize in stages with smaller paper or decreasing word limits.

Support early explanations with word banks

Using text features, generate a Title-Wave Summary.

Utilize the subheadings of a longer text to generate a summary after reading.

Grade 4 Whole-Class Example

Expect longer summaries with structured support

Complete an Information Pyramid.

Students customize their understandings by completing an Information Pyramid with no one right answer.

Descriptive
Google Slide |
Template | Smartboard
Jamboard

Support comprehensive summaries with frames.

Students can hone their summarizing skills by completing the Somebody… Wanted… But… So… Then… frame.

Somebody…wanted…but…so…then
SWBST Chart Icons

Tweak the interpretation and the Somebody… Wanted… But… So… Then… frameworks for math story problems, too.

Xander | Benjamin | Templates

Students oral and written summaries need to match the same text structure of the passage.

Support summary writing with frames based on a text’s structure.