This is a pre-reading activity as well as a writing activity that will introduce the summary process. They will first write a summary of what they have read, then shorten the summary into one sentence. Teacher will define roles of verifier, squeezer, recorder, and summarizer. Then ask for volunteers from the class. The teacher may model the role of summarizer the first few times this lesson is done.
Students read the passage and fulfill their roles.
The teacher writes the squeezes down on a chart for everyone to see. Roles can rotate for the next passage.