Activities there May 21-D.indd - The Curriculum Project

5.4 Summarisea. Students write brief summaries of the text, in theirown words.b. After they have written their summaries, check thatthey have included the main point(s) of the text.5.5 Information TransferAfter students have read a text, they takeinformation from it and put it in a differentformat. This can be:- a picturePurpose: students read for detailsand restate the important informationPracticalities: students workindividually, or in pairs or groupsPurpose: students present the sameinformation in different waysPracticalities: students workindividually, or in pairs or groups- a mapprimaryschoolSmallswayclinicMain Streetto Bigville (10 km)shop- a tableGraduates from Smallsway Primary SchoolYear Number of Graduates1995 12000 62005 142009 25A High School for SmallswayMarch 2010Smallsway is a pretty little town 10km fromBigville. Smallsway is small - it has onemain street with a shop, a clinic and aprimary school.Unfortunately, there is no high schoolthere, so the students have to catch abus to Bigville high school. The parentswant a high school, as there are more andmore school-age children. Last year 25students graduated from the primary school.In 2005 there were 14 graduates, and in2000 there were just 6. The first year theschool opened, in 1995, only one studentgraduated.Last October, a group of parents held ameeting to discuss how they can get a highschool. They have arranged to meet theDistrict Education Committee next month.- a graph- a dialogue, poem or song- a timelineschool opens1 student graduates25 students graduateOctober - parents April - planned meeting6 students graduate meetingwith District Education14 students graduate Committee1995 2000 2005 2010Page 13