Make sense of it
Sum it up
Sum it up asks pupils to summarise the lesson in a set number of words, using its key words.
The real slide Chalk makes, in the Classroom look. Every word is written for your lesson when you use it.
How to run it
- Show the word count and the words to use.
- Pupils write alone.
- Read two summaries aloud and say what each kept.
Why it works
Summarising in their own words makes pupils choose what matters, a form of generative learning.
In other subjects
Science: the experiment in 15 wordsHistory: the treaty in 20 words
Use in Slides
Chalk plans a deck with this task in it, written for your lesson.
Read about the idea behind it