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== Elements of | == Summarizing == | ||
* the important cognitive skill of generalizing core or "Big Ideas" from larger textual or other source | |||
** "cognition" = conscious intellectual activity, i.e., deliberate thinking | |||
* summarizing = | |||
** distinguishing between background and important detail | |||
** processing in one's own words | |||
=== Elements of summarizing === | |||
=== Active reading === | |||
* = thinking while reading = | |||
** applying prior knowledge | |||
** identifying new knowledge (unfamiliar words, ideas, details) | |||
** questioning and developing questions | |||
=== Simplification === | === Simplification === | ||
* identify the core of a sentence | |||
** SUBJECT VERB OBJECT | |||
** see how the sentence builds up from there | |||
* identify "emphasis shifts" | |||
** which part of of the sentence does the writer wish to emphasize | |||
*** independent clauses = emphasis | |||
*** dependent and subordinate clauses = de-emphasis | |||
* getting around unfamiliar words | |||
** strategy = replaced the unfamiliar word with "something" and read around it | |||
*** an exception can be verbs, which are important to know for sentence comprehension | |||
=== Identify background details v. Big Ideas === | |||
* which details define meaning | |||
** v. which details add to but do not define meaning? | |||
*** ex. "Mackie is a happy little black, brown & red dog who loves to play with his toys" | |||
**** "little" and "black, brown and red" do not change the meaning that "Mackie is a happy dog who loves to play with toys" | |||
=== | === Re-statement of words & sentences === | ||
* summarization is | |||
== Lesson Plan example or student exercise == | == Lesson Plan example or student exercise == | ||