Reading Summary Project

1. Use a web browser (e.g. Netscape) to locate five informative articles of interest to them.

2. Practice scanning, previewing, predicting, and skimming.

3. Extract main ideas from articles, and paraphrase them in a short summary.

4. Express their personal reactions to the articles, and support their reactions with reasons.

5. Identify and learn five new vocabulary words in each article.

1. Use a web browser to locate informative articles within predetermined sites.

2. Demonstrate scanning, skimming, previewing, predicting, and skimming techniques.

3. Distinguish between main ideas and supporting details.

4. Use reflection as a means of evaluating the usefulness of sources.

Written by Margaret Young 3/98; revised 12/99