SNSA Level 3 Summarising Activities Level 3 Benchmarks

SNSA- Level 3 Summarising Activities

Level 3 Benchmarks and Summarising Tools for Listening and Talking● “Builds on the contributions of others, for example, by asking or answering questions, clarifying or summarising points, supporting or challenging opinions or ideas. ” Tools for Reading● ● “Applies a range of strategies to engage with and interrogate texts, for example, skimming, scanning, predicting, clarifying, summarising and analysing. ” “Summarises key information using own words. ”

Contents of Activities ● ● ● What is Summarising? Purposes of Summarising in Talking and Listening ○ ○ ● Generation Z and Snowflakes - Summarising Arguments Making Headlines Activity Favourite Films Talking and Listening Activity Summarising in Reading and Writing ○ ○ ○ Summarising Quotations - Macbeth Activity Summarising a Book Harry Potter Sequencing Activity

What is Summarising? DEFINITION: “taking a lot of information and creating a condensed version that covers the main points”

Why and when do we need to summarise? Why? We use summaries when we have a lot of information that we need to get across in a more concise, smaller format. When? We summarise in lots of differents contexts: ● ● When we are telling friends a story. When we are explaining a tricky idea or concept- think especially of Science and Maths. When we are writing an essay and explaining something like the plot of a novel or a historical event. When we are finding out whether we have understood someone’s point of view.

Summarising in Listening and Talking ● “Builds on the contributions of others, for example, by asking or answering questions, clarifying or summarising points, supporting or challenging opinions or ideas. ”

Generation Z and Snowflakes- Summarising Arguments ● Who is the audience for these posters? ● What do the posters want their audience to do? ● What do the phrases “me me me millennials” and “phone zombies” mean to you? ● Do you think this type of language will convince the target audience to do what the posters are designed to promote? Why/why not?

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Summarising - Making Headlines Listen to this news clip about Theresa May’s Brexit Deal. Write a headline to go with this story. You are trying to sum up what the story is about in one short sentence. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=1 o. Z_Bc 8 Ro. Zc Try again with this news clip about Instagram and mental health. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=P 3 x 1 y. T 59 uyo What headline would you give to this news story about school shootings in the USA? Remember to think about your tone. https: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=ZG 8 Dc-d. FDn. I

Summarising - Talking and Listening Summarising is a really important skill to use in talking, whether it is in giving a presentation, making an argument or explaining the gist of your favourite TV programme. Being able to summarise clearly allows us to get our point of view across more easily. When debating, you can respond more effectively to your opponent when you can sum up what they are saying. - If your were giving a presentation, when would it be useful to summarise your argument? Explain why you have given this answer.

Talking and Listening Task Take 2 minutes to choose your favourite film and think about why you like it. With a partner you are going to have one minute to try to convince each other of why your film is the best (so make sure you have some reasons). When it is your turn to listen, you are going to try to summarise three main reasonswhy your partner likes this film. Once you have both listened, check your reasons with your partner. Do they agree with what you thought?

Summarising in Writing ● “Applies a range of strategies to engage with and interrogate texts, for example, skimming, scanning, predicting, clarifying, summarising and analysing. ”

Summarising Quotations- Macbeth, 9 -5 -3 ● “Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it. ” ● “False face must hide what the false heart doth know. ” ● “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. ”

● “Look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under it. ” Summarise. In 9 words- Appear to be gentle but secretly plot evil acts. In 5 words- Gentle on the surface only. In 3 words- Kind but cunning.

● “False face must hide what the false heart doth know. ” In 9 words. In 5 words. In 3 words. Share your 5 words and your 3 words with the person next to you. Explain your 5 words and 3 words to the person next to you. ● Why did you choose the words you chose? ● What did you decide was the most important idea in the quotation that needed summarising?

● “Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires. ” ● Repeat the steps completed for “false face must hide” ● Looking at your 3 words summaries for the quotations, can you pick out one theme all the quotes represent?

Summarising a book There a few ways to summarise a book - we will attempt 2 today! 1) Based on a book you have read I want you to write a ‘blurb’ - so if I picked up this book and read it, what would I need to know? Example: A dense, weird, magical realistic fairy tale about a girl whose beauty makes her a target, and a boy whose sight works differently from everyone else’s. It’s about the dangers and delights of seeing and being seen. It alternates between the contemporary small town where teenaged Finn has been raised by his older brother, Sean, , and the enchanted hinterland where Sean’s girlfriend, Roza, is being held by a terrifying figure out of fairy tales. With the help of a beeeyed girl and his slow discovery of his own strengths, he sets out to bring Rosa home.

Summarising a book What does this ‘blurb’ tell us? - Who are the main characters? What happens to them? Where does the action happen? When does it occur? Remember to use the main ideas and action from your book! Example: A dense, weird, magical realistic fairy tale about a girl whose beauty makes her a target, and a boy whose sight works differently from everyone else’s. It’s about the dangers and delights of seeing and being seen. It alternates between the contemporary small town where teenaged Finn has been raised by his older brother, Sean, and the enchanted world where Sean’s girlfriend, Rosa, is being held by a terrifying figure out of fairy tales. With the help of a beeeyed girl and his slow discovery of his own strengths, he sets out to bring Rosa home.

Summarising a book So now you have used your blurb to entice me to read that book. I now need to summarise what happens in the book in your own words. A good way to do this is to think of 5 main points Write a paragraph summarising the story Success Criteria: - Keep your summary short - Tell me only the main ideas - Use your own words

Sequencing Activity You are presented with summarising sentences of the chapters that we read last week. (Up to Chapter 5) 3 sentences are given Summarise the 2 chapters that are missing in one sentence and then put them in the correct order.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Harry uses magic outside school by blowing up his aunt Harry runs away from the Dursleys Shopping before school during the last day of summer