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11montelongo Summarizing
11montelongo Summarizing
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Paper presented at
CATESOL Annual Conference
Santa Clara, California
April 22-25, 2010
Draw Conclusions
Question Text
Paraphrase
Invent Analogies
Summarize
Summarization Strand
Reading experts have identified the ability to summarize text as an essential
element of a reading curriculum (Duke and Pearson, 2002). Process text guides are ideal
for helping Latino English Language Learners summarize expository text because they
include structured steps and activities that help students write summaries of the assigned
informational text.
Kintsch and van Dijk (1978) proposed a seminal psychological model of
informational representation that may be generalized to the teaching of summarization.
The steps outlined by Kintsch and van Dijk can be incorporated into the process text
guides for summarizing expository text. First, students read the entire text in order to gain
an overview of the content. Next, they deconstruct each one of the texts paragraphs, one
Liquid
Gas
definite
Volume
definite
free to move around
Movement of
Particles
[4]
A solid feels firm when it is touched. This is because the particles that make up a
solid are packed up tightly together. They cant be squeezed any closer together because
there is very little space between the particles. This gives a solid a definite volume and
shape. It keeps particles in a solid from moving very much. They are so tightly packed
that each particle stays in the same place and just vibrates.
Draw a picture of particles in a solid.
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