 In this lesson, the teacher presents the learning strategy, Summarize. We join the class after the teacher has introduced the unit. Students have practiced saying the new words and filled in their own family trees. Good morning. Good morning. Who is ready to talk about your family? I am ready. Great. Class, let's listen to Julia. Then, I will summarize. What does that mean? First, I will listen to Julia. Then, I will repeat her words in a shorter way. Summarizing helps you understand and remember better. Julia, tell us something about each person in your family tree. There are three women in my house. My mother, Leah, my sister Stella, and me, Julia. My sister is pregnant. She also has a son, Eric. I am his aunt. My mother is his grandmother. Thank you. Okay, now to summarize. Modeling the strategy Afterwards, the teacher models the strategy Summarize by giving a summary of the student's description. She explains that summarizing helps in learning English. You have three women in your house. Your sister is pregnant and she has a son. You are an aunt. Your mother is a grandmother. Learning to summarize is helpful for learning English. Let's stand up and make a line by your birthdays. Pairing students at random The teacher uses a technique to randomly assign partners. Students must talk with each other to line up in order. This gives more variety to pair work and promotes active communication between students. January at the front. December at the end. February? On January? February. May? December. Okay, now bring the line around. The person across from you is your partner. This group, tell about your families. This group, listen and take notes. Please have a seat. Partners listen carefully. I'll ask you to summarize for your partner. Take notes on your paper. Raise your hand when you're finished. My brother is a brother. Brother? True brother. Father here. Mother even. Now hand the family tree to your partner. Listeners look for someone who has no paper. Tell them about your partner's family. Practicing the strategy. After the students talk in pairs, they summarize what they learned for a new partner. This creates a communicative situation in which the student who is summarizing has information that the listening student does not have. This is Miriam's family. She has a dad and a mom, and then she has a brother, hub, and then her sister, Bahar. How old is she? She's six years older. Summary. This activity gives each student time to work actively with two other students, while practicing summarizing. Next time, join us for Unit 2. We will teach listening skills and cooperative learning.