BHS ELA Instructional Guide

Academic Language

diverse, theme, analyze, develop, objective summary, textual evidence, main ideas, supporting ideas Strategies to Support Teaching the Standard ● Example object summary frames for various types of summaries: ○ Description: A ___ is a kind of ___ that … ○ Sequence: “___ begins with ... continues with … and ends with … ○ Compare and contrast: ___ and ___ are similar, because they both… ; but are different because … while … ○ Cause and effect: ___ happens, because … ○ Problem and solution: ___ wanted … but … and so … ● Mini-Moves for Writers Video - Learn How to Write a Quick, Advanced Summary with the Pivot Synopsis Question Stems and Prompts for Assessment ● What is the theme or central idea? ● Cite textual evidence of the key details that reveals the development of the theme(s)/central idea(s) of the text.

● How does this sentence (cite sentence) affect the theme of the passage? ● How does the author develop the theme of ____ throughout the text? ● How do the key details of the text shape and refne the theme(s) of the text?

● How can you objectively summarize the text? Additional Supports / Professional Resources

Hockman, Judith C. and Natalie Wexler. “Chapter 6: Summarizing: Mining Texts for the Essentials.” The Writing Revolution. Jossey-Bass, 2017, p. 138-150.

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