To help students understand the form and function of a summary and to prepare them to write their own summary paragraphs. Students have read a sample summary (i.e., an abstract of an journal article) ...

In-class editing (bold) on of summary/abstract (from Old Testament Abstracts) of the Maidman article: (Insert Introduction) European interest in the archaeology of the ancient Near East developed ...

Have students write an information paragraph detailing what they found. Revisit and Reflect Students can trade their paragraph with a partner who did not view the same clip, or share their ...