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    Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)

    Lesson Length: 30 - 50 mins

    Topic: Summarizing Text

    Grade Level: 5, 6

    Standards / Framework:

    Brief Description: Students will create a comic summarizing a text they have read in class.

    Know Before You Start: This lesson works best after reading a short story, chapter, or novel. 

    Hook:

    • After completing a short story, chapter, or novel, discuss the main events. List these events in order on the board. 

    • Review and discuss how to summarize a text.

      • Which details would you include in a summary?

      • Which details would you leave out?

    • Read the sample comic in preparation for the student activity.

    Activity:

    • Have students create a comic summarizing a story, book, or chapter they have read in class or at home.
    • The comic should show at least four of the most important events. 

    Closure:

    • Display student comics on a bulletin board or have students share their comics with the class. 

    Differentiation:

    • Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
    • Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.

    • Provide visuals when sequencing events. 

    • Allow students to use a thinking map to organize their ideas. 

    • Provide sentence stems as needed.

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