CLASS 6 · LEARNING KNOWLEDGE
Reading strategies and summaries – basic principles
How it works
Reading strategies help to understand texts in a targeted way and filter out important information. These include skimming, careful reading, marking important text passages, and formulating questions about the text. A summary gives the most important content of a text in your own words, without unimportant details or direct quotations. It is factual, brief, and guided by the W-questions (‹Wer? Was? Wann? Wo? Warum? Wie?›).
Note
When summarizing a text, the most important information is presented in your own words, briefly and factually, without judgments or unimportant details. Reading strategies such as skimming, marking, and asking questions support text comprehension.
When summarizing a text, the most important information is presented in your own words, briefly and factually, without judgments or unimportant details. Reading strategies such as skimming, marking, and asking questions support text comprehension.
An example
Which summary best matches the sentence ‹Die Klasse sammelt im Park Müll und trennt danach den Abfall.›?
A suitable summary is: ‹Die Klasse sammelt Müll im Park und trennt den Abfall.› It states the main ideas briefly and factually, without adding secondary details.
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50 Exercises
To the learning unit →Own explanation and own practice exercises by AmyMath. Subject reference framework: German. The topic assignment may vary by federal state.