Reading for gist

What is GIST ?

GIST (Generating Interaction Schemata and Text)

Strategy is a summarization strategy that will
improve students’ abilities to comprehend and
summarize the gist or main idea of paragraph.
The Generating Interactions between Schemata and
Text (GIST) Strategy Is developed by Cunningham
(2001) in order to assist students in briefly
summarizing paragraphs
 Definition of Gist Strategy

Harrel (2000:250) state that GIST is a strategy for

supporting comprehension of informational text.
GIST is especially helpful when students are required
to read long texts that contain a significant amount
of new information

Wright (2011:1) notices that gist was used in

teaching reading because gist was a good strategy for
any level reader and the students develop skills in
identifying main ideas and key concepts in the text.
 Procedures of Gist Strategy

a. Step 1 Choose an informational paragraph from a

science, history, etc. textbook.
b. Step 2 Continue reading and demonstrate picking out
the who, what, when, where, why of the paragraph and
related important information.
 c. Step 3 Demonstrate pulling together the above
information into a 10 until 20-words “gist” or summary.
 d. Step 4 In pairs, guide students in completing a “gist”
sheet or “Sum It Up” sheet. Support students in creating
summaries until they can do them independently
 Some advantages of using Gist Strategy

According to Putri (2014:37), there were some main

advantages that could be obtained from gist strategy
1. It could improve reading comprehension as well as
summary writing
2. Gist strategy could active students‟ prior knowledge
3.This strategy could help the students in final
examination
4. Gist strategy could revise and refine vocabulary as
well.
 GIST strategy can be applied in cooperative groups. Working in
cooperative group can be applied if the students already familiar with
the process.

The steps follow here by Bouchard (2005: 41):

1) Assign a section of text for students to read.

2) Form groups and assign a group leader.
3) Students read the text silently (or a group member can read it aloud).
4) The group collaboratively identifies important vocabulary and concepts
based on setting, event, character and character’s problem.
5) The group develops the summary statement identifying the gist of the
reading.
6) Each member of the group writes the summary statement
on a piece of paper.
7) The group reads the next portion of text and repeats the
process.
8) Move from group to group observing and providing
support when needed.
9) Each group presents its summary statement(s).
10) Discuss as a class and compare.
Get The Gist!

Name: ________Topic: ______ Pages: ______

1. Read the page or section of the textbook.

2. Fill in the 5Ws and 1H you found out from your reading.

Who:
What:
When:
Where:
Why:
How:

3. Write a 20-word GIST summary.

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 Referencess

 Bouchard, Margaret. 2005. Comprehension Strategies for English Language

Learners.USA: Scholastic Inc.
 Cunningham. 2001. Description,Rationale, Instruction moves, and References for
Generating Interactions between Schemata and Text (GIST).
 Harrel, Adrienne. L. 2000. Fifty Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners. New
Jersey: Prantice-Hall Inc.
 Putri, Yulia Agustiara 2014. The Implementation of Get the Gist Strategy in Improving
Students' Reading comprehension Achievement of Recount Text at the Second Grade of
SMPN 13 Bandar Lampung. Fakultas Keguruan dan Ilmu Pendidikan, Universitas
Lampung.
 Wright, B. 2011. Stop Complaining and Get the Gist. http://(education.ucf.edu/
litsymposium/resources2012/Stopcomplainingandgetthegist.pdf). Retrieved on
November 25 nd , 2021.