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Summary Writing!
This lesson is designed for secondary students in order to understand what a summary is and how to do it. This will only take up to 60 minutes if the students commit to the timing of every activity. This lesson plan tackles critical thinking in the first part to try to elicit the lesson from the students; it is also a web-based lesson. Then it will involve listening, writing skills and by the end of the lesson it will involve reading and speaking. This way the 4 skills will be covered in an orderly manner, to enhance the students' skills while learning about summary writing techniques and new vocabulary about poverty.
Upon completion of this lesson, the students should be able to:
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Identify new vocabulary related to poverty.
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Specify the main ideas of passages and videos.
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Skim and scan written texts and videos.
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Differentiate between summarized and original texts.
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Paraphrase sentences.
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Use antonyms while paraphrasing.
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Summarize audios and videos.
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Summarize written texts.
WARMER
Watch this short video about SDG1 Poverty, and then answer the quiz that follows.
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Play this hangman game and try to guess the correct word corresponding to one of the following definitions:
NB: To access the vocabulary in the game click here.
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WEB
Listen to this pre-recorded PowerPoint presentation addressing summary writing techniques.
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Click on the link and answer 5 true or false questions.
This quiz relies on your understanding of the previous task.
If you face any difficulties, listen again to the presentation.
Watch this Ted Talk video about SDG 1 – No Poverty and summarize what you heard.
You should record an audio of your summary.
After you are done, submit your recording through the class drive.
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Your Summary should tackle the 4 following points:
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1. The main ideas addressed by of each speaker
2. The main idea of the whole video briefly
3. The poorest countries
4. How to end poverty according to the speakers
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WHAT'S NEXT
You are required to answer the poverty Quiz to test your summary writing skills.
NB: You have to click "preview" to begin the quiz.