This summer I’m spending a lot of time creating graphic organizers to help my students write their essays. Below I created a table to organize the main ideas of a research article. I practice with a book off my shelves here in Mexicali. I tell my students, there is no one way to write a summary, but for our purposes I offer them a basic, step-by-step approach to cover the main ideas of their reading. I practice with “The Death of Marilyn Monroe.” I find my students are attracted to reading about the life and death of this Hollywood icon. I hope my chart and my paragraph convinces them that the summary paragraph can become an important component of their academic writing.
Jay's Graphic Organizer – Summary
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