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Uen: Whittle, Whittle It Down: Summarizing Lesson PlanUen: Whittle, Whittle It Down: Summarizing Lesson Plan
Publisher
Utah Education Network
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Lesson Plans
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1090L
Lesson Plan

Uen: Whittle, Whittle It Down: Summarizing

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This multi-day jigsaw activity engages students in summary writing. Students will work in small groups after direct instruction and write short summary paragraphs. Students will refer to the 'Five Rules For Writing a Summary' chart for reference.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

summarizing

Additional Tags

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Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional

Common Core

RI.6.2 RI.7.2 RI.8.2

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