Summarizing a Point of View!

Grade 4
French
Comprehension: Understanding and Responding to Texts

Description

In this activity, students read and summarize articles using the "Summarize" strategy to identify the author's point of view and share their opinion on the topic.

Learning goals

I create a summary to show I understand a text.
I detect the author's point of view.

Vocabulary

important information
article
point of view
explanatory text
understanding
critical literacy
summarize
title
images
message
opinion
for or against
harmful
useful
drones
robots

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