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The Summary Game
Comprehension Lessons »
- Analyze Character, Setting, and Plot
- Retell a Story
- Identify an Unstated Main Idea
- Main Idea Sentences
- Identify Problem and Solution
- Find a Solution
- Summarize
- The Summary Game
- Make Comparisons
- What’s the Difference?
- Listen for the Facts
- Analyze Author’s Purpose
- What’s Your Purpose?
- Make Inferences and Analyze
- Follow All Clues
- Cause-and-Effect Relationships
- Cause and Effect Buildup
- Order of Events
- Instructions in Chronological Order
- Draw Conclusions
- Play Detective
- Make and Analyze Predictions
- Can You Make a Prediction?
- Chronological Order of Events
- Directions Out of Order
- Identify Theme
- Theme Theater
- Identify Facts and Details
- It Looks and Sounds Good
- Make Judgments
- You Be the Judge
- Draw Conclusions
- Color Me Hidden
Materials index cards, poster board, masking tape
Explain Remind students that summarizing a story or article means briefly retelling the main events or ideas. Tell students that they will write summaries of popular stories and use them in a game.
Guided Practice/Practice Assign each pair of students a different popular story to summarize. Have each pair write a short summary on an index card. Circulate and offer assistance. Attach the cards face down on poster board with masking tape. Have students choose a card and read aloud the summary. If the student can name the popular story described in the summary, he or she keeps the card. The winner is the student with the most cards after all summaries are correctly identified.