Summarising ideas across two texts: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Aron Ralston and Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
Summarising ideas across two texts: Between a Rock and a Hard Place - Aron Ralston and Touching the Void - Joe Simpson
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- In this lesson, we will be considering what the skill of summary requires by working with our two non-fiction texts, 'Between a Rock and a Hard Place' and 'Touching the Void'. We will look at how we need to understand the focus of the question and select relevant supporting evidence to answer our question. Crucial in the skill of summary is the idea of synthesising information across the two texts and showing what we have understood / can infer. During the course of the lesson, we will break down the process and experiment with sentence stems to support our written responses.
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5 Questions
Q1.
Where did the event in Aron Ralston's account happen?
Australia
Canada
South Africa
Q2.
Both men are left by the others in their party. True or false?
true
Q3.
When you compare ideas across two texts you can comment on what is similar or different. True or false?
false
true
Q4.
What does the word 'interpretation' mean?
when you copy the ideas from a text
when you give a creative response to a text
when you pick out the facts from a text
Q5.
What does the word 'irony' mean?
a warning or indication of a future event
somebody that is very determined and tough
when an object feels metallic and cold like iron to the touch