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Summarizing, paraphrasing, and retelling : skills for better reading, writing, and test taking /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kissner, Emily
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, [2006]
Subjects:
Reading comprehension.
English language > Composition and exercises > Study and teaching.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Why teach summarizing?
  • Summarizing, paraphrasing, and retelling
  • What does a good summary look like?
  • Finding out what students already know
  • Topics and main ideas
  • Text organization
  • Paraphrasing and collapsing lists
  • Summarizing narrative text
  • Using story elements to improve narrative summaries
  • Talking to learn
  • Scaffolding for summarizing
  • Summarizing for the content areas
  • Summarizing for assessment.