Oral summary definition: "Students learn how to verbally summarize sections of a text, chapters, articles, or chunks of a text." (Miller & Vaetch, 2011) In this image above, a girl is using expression while speaking. When giving an oral summary a student should be talking with expression, accuracy, and using hand gestures. It makes the oral summarization more exciting and alive. Students should also vary with their pitch. An oral summary should be brief such as a complete paragraph. For some teachers an oral summary can even be a page long if a student is summarizing a long chapter or text.
Oral summary research: Aristotle was the first to introduce public speaking as a study. It's researched that ethos, pathos, logos are implemented when orally summarizing a text. (Aristotle, 384 BCE) It's important for students to present pathos, logos, and ethos when orally summarizing because it makes the summarization exciting and fun.
How you may use it: A teacher can use this strategy by selecting a text to be read aloud to the class. The teacher will model a think aloud on how to create an oral summary of the text. Then read a paragraph aloud and have students think-pair-share discussing what they would say as an oral summary of the segment of the text. Have students read independently a segment next or with a partner and share an oral summary of the text with a partner. Another way this strategy can be used is students write their written summary on a poster board. They present the poster using their public speaking to orally summarize a part of a text. This is a two step strategy where students have to brainstorm, write their summary, and then orally present it with expression.
How it will benefit student learning: It will allow students to communicate in a face to face or group setting, which is a necessary skill for students to be successful in the future. It also allows students to be able to work through specific problems that they normally wouldn't think about. Talking orally helps them solve problems they are having. It's also beneficial in the professional world how you present yourself speaking orally with correct grammar, vocabulary, body language, and eye contact.
Writing component of the strategy: W.6.8 Gather relevant information from print; quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism. Writing is tied into this strategy because if a student wants to write their summary on a poster and orally present the summary in front of the class; the student has to paraphrase what the text is about. The first step is for the student to write their paraphrase on the poster. Then, orally speak from the written piece. The written poster is used as a guidance for the student if he or she loses their place while speaking or needs words or pictures to refer to.
2 videos with short summary: The first video discusses how to close a speech or presentation. This pertains to an oral summary because when public speaking most people give a summary or conclusion at the end that summarizes all of the main points covered. This video discusses how to effectively include a summary. To blow people away with an effective summary it would be wise to include a tagline or quote. This is great instruction because it provides useful tips for students when public speaking. The video can keep students engaged by having the teacher pause it after while and have students in groups practice public speaking using the tips from the video. The teacher can assess the students based off if they are using the public speaking oral summary tips.
The second video is a student who is giving an oral summary of a book he read. I noticed he is reading fast, straight from his piece of paper, and barely makes eye contact with his audience. This video is engaging for students because it is short and shows a student their age giving a speech. When showing the video I would assess students what they think a good oral summary is. I would ask them to find things in this video that the student could prove upon. (Speak slower, make eye contact, use piece of paper as a guidance) This video is great for instruction because it shows an average student trying to give an oral summary, and it shows the students how they can make theirs better and avoid some of the things he did.
Oral summary research: Aristotle was the first to introduce public speaking as a study. It's researched that ethos, pathos, logos are implemented when orally summarizing a text. (Aristotle, 384 BCE) It's important for students to present pathos, logos, and ethos when orally summarizing because it makes the summarization exciting and fun.
How you may use it: A teacher can use this strategy by selecting a text to be read aloud to the class. The teacher will model a think aloud on how to create an oral summary of the text. Then read a paragraph aloud and have students think-pair-share discussing what they would say as an oral summary of the segment of the text. Have students read independently a segment next or with a partner and share an oral summary of the text with a partner. Another way this strategy can be used is students write their written summary on a poster board. They present the poster using their public speaking to orally summarize a part of a text. This is a two step strategy where students have to brainstorm, write their summary, and then orally present it with expression.
How it will benefit student learning: It will allow students to communicate in a face to face or group setting, which is a necessary skill for students to be successful in the future. It also allows students to be able to work through specific problems that they normally wouldn't think about. Talking orally helps them solve problems they are having. It's also beneficial in the professional world how you present yourself speaking orally with correct grammar, vocabulary, body language, and eye contact.
Writing component of the strategy: W.6.8 Gather relevant information from print; quote or paraphrase the data and conclusions of others while avoiding plagiarism. Writing is tied into this strategy because if a student wants to write their summary on a poster and orally present the summary in front of the class; the student has to paraphrase what the text is about. The first step is for the student to write their paraphrase on the poster. Then, orally speak from the written piece. The written poster is used as a guidance for the student if he or she loses their place while speaking or needs words or pictures to refer to.
2 videos with short summary: The first video discusses how to close a speech or presentation. This pertains to an oral summary because when public speaking most people give a summary or conclusion at the end that summarizes all of the main points covered. This video discusses how to effectively include a summary. To blow people away with an effective summary it would be wise to include a tagline or quote. This is great instruction because it provides useful tips for students when public speaking. The video can keep students engaged by having the teacher pause it after while and have students in groups practice public speaking using the tips from the video. The teacher can assess the students based off if they are using the public speaking oral summary tips.
The second video is a student who is giving an oral summary of a book he read. I noticed he is reading fast, straight from his piece of paper, and barely makes eye contact with his audience. This video is engaging for students because it is short and shows a student their age giving a speech. When showing the video I would assess students what they think a good oral summary is. I would ask them to find things in this video that the student could prove upon. (Speak slower, make eye contact, use piece of paper as a guidance) This video is great for instruction because it shows an average student trying to give an oral summary, and it shows the students how they can make theirs better and avoid some of the things he did.