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New
Year 10
Eduqas

Understanding and summarising perspectives

I can summarise a writer's viewpoint.

New
New
Year 10
Eduqas

Understanding and summarising perspectives

I can summarise a writer's viewpoint.

Lesson details

Key learning points

  1. Key information can be used to make predictions and draw conclusions before you read a text.
  2. Skimming and scanning can be a useful strategy for finding the key points, particularly when reading archaic texts.
  3. Understanding the gist of a text means being able to succinctly explain what it is about.
  4. inference is about looking at texts and coming up with interpretations using clues or evidence

Keywords

  • Fervent - a feeling or expression that is intensely passionate, enthusiastic, or earnest

  • Gist - is the main idea or essence of something, often brief and in a simplified form

  • Militant - to be forceful, determined and extreme, sometimes using aggressive methods

  • Tone - a writer’s attitude or emotional stance; encompasses the mood, feeling and overall atmosphere

  • Archaic - something that is outdated, old-fashioned, or no longer in common use

Common misconception

Sometimes students think that a focused summary requires analysis of language.

Analysis requires you to zoom in and comment in detail about language choices. Why might this not be useful for a summary, where the aim is to be succinct and give a brief overview of a text?

Consider the reading of the text. You may wish to use reading aloud strategies in order for the students to experience the text as a speech. This would also create a nice discussion point about the differences between spoken and written language forms.
Teacher tip

Equipment

You will need access to a copy of the speech 'Freedom or Death' by Emmeline Pankhurst. This can be found in the additional materials.

Content guidance

  • Depiction or discussion of discriminatory behaviour

Supervision

Adult supervision recommended

Licence

This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).

Lesson video

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6 Questions

Q1.
A writer's is the reason of their writing or what they hope to achieve.
Correct Answer: intent, intentions
Q2.
Tone refers to...
a reader’s emotional response.
Correct answer: a writer’s attitude or emotional stance.
a writer’s attitude or emotional stance.
Q3.
What is a summary?
an analysis of the main points of something
Correct answer: a brief overview of the main points of something
a detailed overview of the main points of something
Q4.
What is inference?
Correct answer: using clues to make an educated guess
when you a conduct single word analysis
explaining a quote
Q5.
What might it mean if someone is 'militant'?
Correct answer: they are forceful or determined
they are old fashioned
they are hardworking
Q6.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, many women started to campaign for women’s rights, particularly, women’s right to vote. What was this movement called?
suffering movement
Correct answer: suffragette movement
solidarity movement

6 Questions

Q1.
What does it mean to have the 'gist' of a text?
to analyse writer’s attitude or emotional stance
Correct answer: to have the main idea or essence of something
to be able to pick out key quotations
Q2.
Match the key terms to their definitions.
Correct Answer:fervent,intensely passionate or enthusiastic

intensely passionate or enthusiastic

Correct Answer:militant,forceful, determined and extreme

forceful, determined and extreme

Correct Answer:archaic,outdated or old-fashioned

outdated or old-fashioned

Q3.
Which words best described the tone of this sentence: "I am here as a soldier who has temporarily left the field of battle in order to explain - it seems strange it should have to be explained..."
Correct answer: frustrated
defeated
Correct answer: determined
Q4.
Skimming and might help you get the gist of a text.
Correct Answer: scanning
Q5.
is stating what is implied and not just stating the obvious.
Correct Answer: inference, inferring
Q6.
What should a successful summary include?
Correct answer: developed a relevant inferences
language analysis
Correct answer: words like 'implies' or 'suggests'

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