Session Objectives
        1. Briefly report on the evidence base for 
          teaching summarizing
        2. Model and guide a systematic and explicit 
          strategy
        3. Provide participant application of the strategy 
        4. Share summarizing experiences, extensions, 
          and materials
   JUST WRITE! GUIDE
   Teaching Excellence in Adult Literacy (2012)
   http://www.project-read.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/TEAL_JustWriteGuide.pdf
   “ The activity of writing a summary exemplifies the reading-
     writing synergy. Writing a summary of a text not only 
     helps learners comprehend what they read by focusing 
     on and connecting the important ideas, it also helps 
     them process those thoughts by rephrasing them in their 
     own words” (page 44).
   “Summarization skills are critical to student success in 
     postsecondary education. Writing summaries of 
     information is an important part of producing college 
     papers” (page 44).
   Developing READING and WRITING
   National Research Council (2012)
   http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=13468
   “Develop an integrated system of skills using approaches 
    that capitalize on the relationships between reading and 
    writing. [They] depend on similar knowledge and 
    cognitive processes, so insights in one area can lead to 
    insights in the other” (page 15).
   Key teaching practice #2: “Teach learners to summarize in 
    writing the passages they have read” (page 16).
   Summary of the Skills and Content Needed 
   to Prepare for the 2014 GED© Test
   Minnesota Department of Education (2013)
   http://abe.mpls.k12.mn.us/ged_2014_2
   “In alignment with career and college readiness 
     standards, the Reasoning through Language 
     Arts assessment focuses on the skills of reading 
     closely, writing clearly, and editing and 
     understanding standard written English in 
     context” (page 8).
  • Reading Assessment Target #1: Determine 
   central ideas or themes of texts and analyze 
   their development; summarize the key 
   supporting details and ideas” (page 9).
  • Writing Assessment Target #3: “Write clearly 
   and demonstrate sufficient command of 
   Standard English conventions” (page 9).