I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts

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I've Got It Covered! Creating Magazine Covers to Summarize Texts

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Type: Lesson/Unit Plan

Overview:

Students can improve their comprehension of content area textbooks by summarizing chapters in the form of magazine covers. The lesson begins by asking students to examine a magazine and discuss the ways in which the magazine cover's headlines and graphics express the main ideas of its articles. They then review a chapter in a content area textbook and use an interactive tool to create a magazine cover that summarizes the textbook information. This process enables students to form connections and create visual representations to share information. Although the focus is on informational texts, this assignment could potentially be expanded to include other types of text as well.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
2. Make inferences and draw logical conclusions from the content and structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, claims and evidence, cause and effect, description, and sequencing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
8. Participate in collaborative discussions using information from a source.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
13. Create and edit digital products that are appropriate in subject and purpose for a particular audience or occasion.

Examples: social media posts, blog posts, podcast episodes, infographics
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
1. Evaluate the contributions of informational text elements, including categories, point of view, purpose, and figurative, connotative, and technical word meanings, to develop central and supporting ideas.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
14. Create and edit digital products that are appropriate in subject, occasion, audience, purpose, and tone.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
R1. Utilize active listening skills during discussion and conversation in pairs, small groups, or whole-class settings, following agreed-upon rules for participation.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
13. Create and edit digital products that are appropriate in subject, occasion, audience, point of view, purpose, and tone.
Tags: book, CDDVD Cover Creator, comprehension, connections, magazine, Printing Press, summarizing, visual representations
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Author: Cassie Raulston