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Tree Summaries
An After-Reading Activity
Tree Summaries
Tree summaries is a graphic organizer that provides a pictorial representation of the main ideas and supporting details of a text.
Format
There is a Think-Pair-Share format to this activity:
Individual Time Small group Collaboration Whole Group Discussion/Wrap-up
Individual Time
Each student reads the text (story, news article, excerpt from textbook,
etc…)
Students either write directly on the text or use sticky notes to “talk to the text”
(i.e. predict, visualize, ask questions, make connections, clarify…)
Small Group Collaboration
Discuss text and design a summarizing graphic organizer in the shape of a tree:
Roots – at least 4 – each one representing a piece of prior knowledge
Trunk – title Branches – 4 to 6 – one for each main
concept in the text Leaves – the details of each concept Top of the Tree (or Canopy) – an “Ah-hah”
or a new understanding about the topic
Whole Group Discussion
Share tree summaries with the rest of the class, including each small group’s “ah-hah” or new understanding of the text
Final Product for Lesson
Choose a text in your discipline to use for a lesson that incorporates “Tree Summaries” (Download the “Tree Summaries” document)
Conduct the lesson for one or more of your classes
Submit the lesson plan, a copy of the text, a professional reflection (what went well, what could be improved, etc...) and a student work sample (Download Teacher Reflection document)