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(page 66)
• Read the introduction and have students 
read the rest of this section alone. Make 
sure you give them enough time to 
study the original, the paraphrase, and 
the summary so that they can note the 
differences among them.
• Have students work with a partner to 
answer the questions about the model. Go 
over the answers with the class.
Writing a Successful Summary 
(page 67)
• Have students read the explanation. Read 
the directions for Practice 8. Have students 
do the activity alone, either in class or at 
home. Then have them discuss the answers 
in small groups. 
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Applying Vocabulary 
(page 69)
• Read the introduction and the directions to 
Practice 9 aloud. Have students do Part A in 
class and compare answers with a partner. 
Have them do Part B at home. Collect 
the papers and check for correct use of 
synonyms. 
EXTENSION:
Give students additional practice with 
reading summaries. Good online sources 
are summaries of movies and plays, 
digests of science and business news (e.g., 
sciencedaily.com, business-digest.eu), and 
abstracts of research papers.
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WRITING ASSIGNMENT 
(pages 70–71)
• Read the introduction. Make sure students 
understand the assignment. Students may 
ask how long their summaries should be. 
Explain that summaries have no set length; 
the summary on page 67 has only two 
sentences, while Summary A on page 68 
has eight sentences.
• Step 1: Read the steps and have students 
work through them in class or at home. 
If additional scaffolding is needed, have 
students compare their notes after they read 
the article. Have several students write their 
summaries of the main idea on the board. 
Evaluate the sentences with the class. 
• Step 2 and Step 3: Read the instructions 
aloud. Have students do these steps at 
home. 
• Step 4: Do this step in class. Read the 
instructions aloud. Go over the Chapter 3 
Peer Review worksheet on page 325. Have 
students work with a partner to evaluate and 
discuss each other’s summaries. 
• Step 5: Read the instructions aloud. Go 
over the Writer’s Self-Check on page 326. 
Have students complete this step in class or 
at home.
• Step 6: Read the instructions aloud. Have 
students do this step in class or at home. 
Collect the papers and use the Writing 
Assignment Scoring Rubric on page 42 of 
this Teacher’s Manual to evaluate them. 
Decide if you will give a letter grade. 
SELF-ASSESSMENT 
(page 71)
• Go over the Self-Assessment with the class. 
See Options for using the Self-Assessment 
on page 5 of this manual. 
EXPANSION