Summarization Relay
The
students had finished reading the text ‘Dan tries to help’ and I thought a
normal reflection or review would be really boring to do. So I decided to make
the students participate in a Summary Relay wherein they had to summarize the
book in groups through a relay. Students were divided into teams of
four. A blank sheet was kept outside the classroom and the first student
in each team had to run out and write one sentence describing anything they
liked from the book. They could describe the characters, plot, scenarios, etc.
He or she then ran back to the classroom so that the next group member
could go out and continue the same. While one was writing the others used
the time to think about what they will write next. They did this continuously
for 15 to 20 minutes. In the end, all the groups had written lovely summaries
and I had to decide which group was the best based on the content written in
the given span of time. I was so pleased with the performance, dedication and
enthusiasm of the students that I awarded them an Edmodo badge each. For the
best group, I found it too hard to decide. So, I roped in Ms. Jasminder, the
art teacher, to do the task for me. I asked her to read all the summaries and
decide the best one. She chose the one which helped her understand the story
best as she hadn't read the
story. The winners are- Tejasveer Doyle, Samarth Chopra, Aditya Sagar and
Shreya Rana. These kids won an extra Edmodo badge and a mark of appreciation
each.
