Comprehension
Building Vocabulary Skills
Prompt Analysis Skills
Prior Knowledge Skills
Comprehension Reading Skills
Summary Writing Skills
Revising and Editing Skills
Summary Writing Skills
LiteracyTA offers a number of engaging activities and supports that help teach summary writing. From drawing pictures to synthesizing main ideas in a text, you learn how to clearly and accurately summarize what a text says.
Have fun with our writing techniques and watch how these skills improve comprehension and retention of critical content knowledge.
Expanding Summary
Write about the main ideas in a text, adding more information with each new summary.
R1
R2
W2
L1
L2
Introducing Sources
Use these writing templates to practice introducing textual details.
R1
W8
W9
L1
L2
Story Summary Poster
Visually represent the main message or central theme in a story.
R2
W9
SL1
Argument Poster
Visually represent the main ideas or central argument in a text.
R8
W9
SL2
L1
Expanding Summary
Write about the main ideas in a text, adding more information with each new summary.
R2
W2
Introducing Sources
Use these writing templates to practice introducing sources.
R1
W8
W9
L1
L2
Story Summary Poster
Visually represent the main message or central theme in a story.
R2
W9
SL1
Writing Abstracts
Practice writing concise summaries of scientific projects, research, and investigations.
W2
L1
L6
