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Precis- How to write a precis for reading comprehension, main idea and summaries

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Precis writing: a step-by-step approach to finding the main idea and writing a summary. Once your students learn this EASY approach, they will have the skills to read a text, pull out the main idea, and write a clear, concise summary. This can be used with students of ALL ages! The product includes a definition of a precis, explicit instructions, a reproducible graphic organizer to use with your students, and a blank sheet for your students to write their finished products.

3rd - 12th, Higher Education

English Language Arts

Persuasion in Speaking or Writing

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Lessons by Shelle

This presentation aligns with Chapter 21 in the Perfection Learning textbook Projects in Speech Communication, but can easily stand alone. It first presents scenarios in which students analyze why or why not they themselves would be persuaded before examining an audience-based persuasive strategy. It examines persuasive purposes and motivations, both positive and negative, and Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs. The presentation opens up the question of ethics for discussion: is it right to use othe

9th - 12th

English Language Arts, Speaking & Listening