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Short and Sweet Science Lesson PlanShort and Sweet Science Lesson Plan
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Short and Sweet Science

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Readers learn how to summarize scientific text and evaluate the advantages, disadvantages, and challenges in writing summaries. They select science-related articles you've pulled and collected from the New York Times and, with a partner, generate summaries. It's great to give learners choice!

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nonfiction, summarizing

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scientific information, Informational Text, nonfiction, summarize, english language arts
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Grade
6th - 12th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Research
Year
2005
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