Health matters

Third step... almost there!

Learning goals

By the end of this third step, you will be able to,

write a short summaryof a text,
give opinions and support them using logical arguments.

Introduction

Congratulations! one step closer to your goal! In this step we will guide you on the importance of summarizing texts. These activities will help guide you to write a short summary of the important information that you really need.

But wait! Remember:

Take your life jacket and submerge into the reading water!

Activity 2: Learning new vocabulary

Now, you are going to summarize a new text to continue the practice of the new stratey, but before the new text

Click here and play a vocabulary game.

Remember to check the for unknown words!

Resources

Activity 3: Summarizing a text.

It’s time to practice the new strategy learnt. For this, follow these steps:

Read the article “5 ways to a healthy lifestyle”
Contact a new classmate you will like to work with
Create a google doc to work collaboratively,
With your classmate, summarize the text using the guidelines given in the example for activity 1.
Post your summary in this Paddlet, so your tutors can give you feedback.
Select another group and use this checklist to revise if the group did a good job.

Congratulations! You learnt how to summarize a text!

Activity 1 : A strategy for a healthy mind

As you advance in this stage, you can develop more strategies for reading comprehension. This new strategy gives you the power to understand the important information of a text, organize it, and rewrite it in your own words.

Check this video and learn about the new reading strategy.

Time for practice!

Read this short text for a little practice about summarizing. Post your summary in the forum below.

REMEMBER! the previous video will help you to summarize better.