.png){kind=avatar}
Subject: ELA (English Language Arts)
Lesson Length: 30 - 50 mins
Topic: Summarizing Text
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.
Suggested Content Packs:
Make a comic about Bridge to Terabithia
Make a comic about The Wind in the Willows
Make a comic about Hatchet
Make a comicThe Giver
Make a comic about Island of the Blue Dolphins
Make a comic about The Cricket in Times Square
