Summarize
Good
readers identify the most important ideas and restate them in their
own words.
| The story is mainly about . . . |  |
| How is the story organized? | |
| The author's most important ideas were . . | |
| How does the text's organization help me? | |
| What are the key words? | |
| Are the ideas in the text supported with convincing evidence? | |
This is referred to as summarizing; the readerretells only the most important parts of what they have read focusing primarily on main ideas and story elements. It is aneffective method to use in helping you remember what was read.
Think
about what you do when you read; you stop occasionally and briefly
rehearse what you have read. This is summarizing; you also
summarize when you come to the end of a text. Thinking back to the
text in its entirety and reviewing what was said or learned
increases comprehension.
Summarizing
at Reading Quest
It is important for readers to engage in summarizing when they are reading a chapter book so that they recall details that have been previously read. Literature Circles provide the perfect forum for summarization; students are assigned tasks in small groups to discuss what was read and learned.
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