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TASK 2. One Sentence Summaries

One-sentence summaries can clearly indicate a student’s ability to determine the central ideas of a text and how the ideas develop through the text. The summaries require students to actively engage with the text in order to complete the brief exercise.

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  • TASK 1. Wrestle with the Argument
  • TASK 10. Question the Author
  • TASK 11. Identifying Expository Structures
  • TASK 12. Read and Watch (Or Read and Look)
  • TASK 13. Form/Content/Context
  • TASK 14. Students vs Wordle/Vocabgrabber
  • TASK 15. Word Matrix
  • TASK 16. Speech
  • TASK 17. White Out
  • TASK 18. Sow, Sew, So What?
  • TASK 19. Comparative Analysis
  • TASK 2. One Sentence Summaries
  • TASK 20. Save the Last Word
  • TASK 21. Acrostic Poem
  • TASK 22. Structured Academic Controversy
  • TASK 23. Identifying Claim/Evidence
  • TASK 24. QFT (Question Formulation Technique)
  • TASK 25. Document Analysis/Sourcing
  • TASK 3. Unpack the Points
  • TASK 4. Explicit Vocabulary Sheet
  • TASK 5. Word Choice Matters
  • TASK 6. Word Wall
  • TASK 7. Close Reading - Focus Question
  • TASK 8. Analyze and Compare Author Purpose
  • TASK 9. Close Reading: Rhetorical Devices
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