Learners are asked to summarize a given topic within the constraints of a single, informative, and grammatically correct sentence. To do so, students identify the important answers to the questions who, what, where, when, why, and how and then condense this information into one sentence for easier recall.
| Individual/Group Activity | Individually |
| Class Size | Small (<25) Medium (25-50) Large (51-200) |
| Bloom’s Taxonomy Level | Remember |
| Development Initial | Absolute Knowing |
| Minimum Time to Facilitate | < 15 Minutes |
| Minimum Time to Debrief | < 5 Minutes |
| PDFs | Here |
Additional Resources
Cuddy, L. (1985). One sentence is worth a thousand: A strategy for improving reading, writing, and thinking skills. To Improve the Academy, 4(1), 185-194: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/j.2334-4822.1985.tb00079.x
Arifin, L. R. (2020). The Use Of Title, Heading, Introduction, Every First Sentence, Visual, Ending, and Summary (Thieves) Strategy to Improve Reading Comprehension Ability at The Eighth Graders of SMP N 2 Way Jepara (Doctoral dissertation, IAIN Metro): https://repository.metrouniv.ac.id/id/eprint/1491/
Idris, N., Baba, S., & Abdullah, R. (2011). Identifying students’ summary writing strategies using summary sentence decomposition algorithm. Malaysian Journal of Computer Science, 24(4), 180-194: http://mojem.um.edu.my/index.php/MJCS/article/view/6580