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Blackout poetry, also known as Found Poetry, is a visual creative writing project. Blackout poetry is a great word choice exercise because it forces you to consider the elements of word choice. With blackout poems, certain words might be read connotatively rather than denotatively, or you might change the meaning and specificity of a word by using other words nearby. This resource contains a mini-lesson, resources, examples, whole or independent activity, format links and options, and standard

A summary does not "retell" the story, but provides a brief and clear description of the main idea and key descriptors (not details). There are different strategies for teaching students to summarize text effectively. The 20-Word GIST (Cunningham, 1982) has been found effective for improving students’ reading comprehension and summary writing. The reader records a summary of the material and focuses on concisely summarizing the story using only 20 words. A summary is a snapshot of a text that cl