SUMMARIZING AND NOTE TAKING

Activator
Think Pair Share

How often do I require my students to take notes or to summarize? Am I satisfied with the results?
Do my students demonstrate confidence with these strategies?

 Assume that your students do not know how to take notes or summarize. Teachers need to plan and explicitly teach note-taking and summarizing strategies .

Assume Nothing!

I Do
Extensive Teacher Support

We Do

You Do
Minimal Teacher Support

Scaffolding
Meeting students where they are and supporting their progress to mastery

Using I Do We Do You Do with note taking

Prepare a template on an upcoming chapter or section of reading

KWL for summarization

Use benchmarks or lesson objectives

1.

KWL
1. Know
2. Want to Know 3. Take notes 4. Summarize What did I Learn?

W rite the lesson objective at the top of the notes:

*Describe the experiences of the residents of Vicksburg during the siege

2. Write a sentence describing what you know and what you want to know.
*I know Vicksburg is the name of a battle. *I want to know how what a siege is and how long the battle lasted

3. Write information learned as a result of reading and note taking

*The residents of Vicksburg endured starvation and disease when the Union Army cut off their supplies. They also endured constant shelling for hours or days at a time. The siege lasted 3 months before they surrendered.

Summary Frames Answer the questions then re-write into paragraph form 1. TopicRestrictionIllustration
1. T - What is the general statement or topic? The effect of siege on the residents of Vicksburg 2. R What information restricts or narrows the general statement? - The siege had a negative impact on the daily lives of the residents of Vicksburg 3. I What examples illustrate the topic or restriction? constant shelling for hours and days restricted movement, deprived residents of sleep, eating, bathing, etc. The supplies were cut off people began to starve. Some residents were happy to surrender.
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Another Summary Frame

The Definition Frame
Term What is being defined? The Battle of Vicksburg Set To which general category does the item belong? Confederate losses Characteristic what characteristics separate this item from others in the category? It lasted 3 months, it was the loss of an important strategic fort on the Mississippi River, its loss marked the turning point of the war.