Summarizing, paraphrasing, and retelling
Subtitle: skills for better reading, writing, and test taking
By: Emily Kissner.
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Portsmouth, NH
Language: eng
Subjects: Reading comprehension.; English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Why teach summarizing?; title: Summarizing, paraphrasing, and retelling; title: What does a good summary look like?; title: Finding out what students already know; title: Topics and main ideas; title: Text organization; title: Paraphrasing and collapsing lists; title: Summarizing narrative text; title: Using story elements to improve narrative summaries; title: Talking to learn; title: Scaffolding for summarizing; title: Summarizing for the content areas; title: Summarizing for assessment.