Summarizing By Text-Messaging Shakespeare

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Summarizing By Text-Messaging Shakespeare

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English students will text their 140-character summaries of the homework reading from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet to an interactive Web screen. The class will discuss which summaries are the most accurate representations of the reading. This activity can be done during class or for homework.

Education Levels:

6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12

Subject:

Writing (composition), Process Skills, Literature

Resource Type:

Activity

Medium:

Text/HTML

Fee Status:

Free

Beneficiary:

Students

Online provider:

Scholastic

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Keywords:

Cell phones, Mobile phones, Mobile learning, Shakespeare, William, Summaries, Texting, Theatrical plays

Mediator:

Secondary school teachers, Middle school teachers

Publisher:

Scholastic

Contributor:

Elizabeth Keren-Kolb

Is Part Of:

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/

Language:

English

General

Essential Resources:

Cell phones with the capability to take pictures and text; Computer with Internet access; Copies of "Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare

Subjects/Topics

P21 Subject:

Communication Skills, Language Arts, English

Learning Outcomes:

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

College and Career Readiness Anchor Standards for Reading

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine central ideas or themes of a text and analyze their development; summarize the key supporting details and ideas.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Literature

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine two or more themes or central ideas of a text and analyze their development over the course of the text, including how they interact and build on one another to produce a complex account; provide an objective summary of the text.

Broad Correlation

Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects (2010)

Reading Standards for Informational Text

Key Ideas and Details

2. Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.

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