Interactive Reading Chunking Annotation Summary Reading Strategies Chunking

Interactive Reading Chunking, Annotation, & Summary

Reading Strategies � Chunking � Summarization � Annotation Hint: They all work together!!!!

Chunking �The process of breaking the text up in smaller more manageable pieces. �Allows for greater summarization �Allows for logical recall points �Allows us understand smaller portions of text at one time

Chunking Process �Read through the selection first knowing that you will be reading it a 2 nd or 3 rd time �Basic Chunking Strategies: 1. Number your paragraphs 2. Break the text into 5 separate pieces by drawing lines after each “chunk” 3. Number your chunks in the margin

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So we’ve chunked now what? • Annotate • Summarize

What does Annotating look like? • Circle words you don’t know then define the word on your chunking sheet • Underline key words and phrases. • [Bracket sections you think are important. ] • Write your thoughts in the margins as you read • By the end, your article should be covered in symbols and thoughts you’ve had while reading!

Example of good Annotation

We’ve Chunked, We’ve Talked �It’s all over except the Summary

Summarization �Summary is taking a broad view of a topic and putting it into your own words. �Answer the key questions: Who? What? When? Where? Why? �Should be shorter in length than the original. �You will write a short summary for each chunk on your summary page. �This should be the overall point being made WITHIN the chunk, not the whole article.

Let’s Practice �Read CHUNK 1 of your first article. �Turn to a neighbor with the same topic and tell them a summary of what you just read. �Listen actively as your neighbor tells you their summary. �Use what you’ve read and what your neighbor said to write a summary of the chunk on the summary page. �Great Job! Now do the same thing for CHUNK 2 of article 1, then move on until you have summarized all the chunks �Lastly, write a 1 sentence summary of the Entire Article. �You are finished Chunking, Annotating, and Summarizing your first article!!!!!!! Yay!!!

Chunking, Annotating, and Summarizing (Due for all 7 Sources on Monday, Nov. 10) � 1 st read � Define unfamiliar words (summary page) � Bracket important details (on article) � Write thoughts and opinions in margins (on article) � 2 nd read Each a rti it’s own cle will have s page. ( ummary 7 s summa ources=7 ry page s) � Stop reading and summarize after each chunk (summary page) � Write a 1 sentence summary for each article (summary page)