GIST

I was starting to avoid summaries with my students, so I am very glad that I got to read this article. As a science teacher, I've always felt inferior in my ability to teach things that involved writing or anything "language arts-ish" to the point that I had our instructional coach come in and prep my students on how to attack their first ORQ and bugged her for weeks to help me come up with a content area portfolio piece for my students to do. I'm thankful for how they broke the process apart in such a manner that even I have hope that I can help my students become better summarizers. The only thing I worry about is being able to pick appropriate "stop spots" for my students along the way...I guess we'll learn together.