29. SYNOPSIS ON THE HALF SHEET (Feedback, Reading, Discussion, Writing)
Description: Synopsis on the Half Sheet is a clever way for teachers to make sure students have completed an assigned outside reading.
Application: Use this as a method of review and student accountability.
Process: In preparation of homework, have students take out a sheet of paper and fold it horizontally. Assign a reading for homework and tell them to make notes on the top half of the sheet. When class meets, ask students to take out the reading and the homework notes and form groups of three or four. Give students additional instructions to use the bottom half of the paper to create a group synopsis. Remind them that a synopsis is a brief summary or general survey of the reading. Allow enough time for talking and writing, up to ten minutes. At stop time, ask groups to share, emphasizing or introducing the most salient points.
Description: Synopsis on the Half Sheet is a clever way for teachers to make sure students have completed an assigned outside reading.
Application: Use this as a method of review and student accountability.
Process: In preparation of homework, have students take out a sheet of paper and fold it horizontally. Assign a reading for homework and tell them to make notes on the top half of the sheet. When class meets, ask students to take out the reading and the homework notes and form groups of three or four. Give students additional instructions to use the bottom half of the paper to create a group synopsis. Remind them that a synopsis is a brief summary or general survey of the reading. Allow enough time for talking and writing, up to ten minutes. At stop time, ask groups to share, emphasizing or introducing the most salient points.
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29. Synopsis on the Half Sheet
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29. Synopsis on the Half Sheet
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