HS ELA Guide

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 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. ●​ 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 refine the theme(s) of the text?

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