Strategic Reading and Writing: Summarizing Antislavery Biographies
Summarization is an essential comprehension skill to determine the importance of information when reading. In this lesson, students practice writing effective summaries using biographies. Students read selections from Enemies of Slavery by David Adler. They read about a specific person and then join a group of students who read about other people to learn about additional biographies. Afterwards, students use the Bio-Cube tool to record information about their assigned person and then display these cubes in an Enemies of Slavery mobile. Students research biographies, summarize findings, and record gathered information.
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