Write a summary of the text in 100 words.

100 Word Summary

Students often have a difficult time identifying the main idea or the most important parts of a reading selection.  The ability to write a summary that includes relevant details and presents them in a logical order is a skill that students should be taught.  Summarizing also helps solidify the message and main ideas of a  text in a student's mind which improves retention of the information.

Procedure:

Students should read an assigned text and write a 100  word summary of the selection.

Initially, students might be assisted in identifying the most important parts of a text through the use of text marking.

Instruct students to organize their summary in a logical manner and to include

what they are summarizing (title, author, genre)

one general sentence telling what the poem, story, article is about (main idea)

the important details that explain the main idea

Students can share their summaries with a partner so they can also benefit from what their peers interpreted as the main idea.

in other words

to put it differently

for one thing

as an illustration

in this case

for this reason

to put it another way

that is to say

with attention to

by all means

important to realize

another key point

first thing to remember

most compelling evidence

must be remembered

point often overlooked

to point out

on the positive side

on the negative side

with this in mind

notably

including

like

to be sure

namely

chiefly

truly

indeed

certainly

surely

markedly

such as

especially

explicitly

specifically

expressly

surprisingly

frequently

significantly

particularly

in fact

in general

in particular

in detail

for example

for instance

to demonstrate

to emphasize

to repeat

to clarify

to explain

to enumerate

it u understand what he thought at the time and let u know more about him then what third person would of known probably. hope this : )