Finding the Beef: A Journalistic Summary Method for the Basic Writer.

Madden, Thomas R.

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Publication Date: 1985

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Finding the Beef: A Journalistic Summary Method for the Basic Writer.

Madden, Thomas R.

Exercise Exchange, v31 n1 p24-26 Fall 1985

Suggests having students write short summaries using the principles of the journalistic news "lead" to help them sharpen their abstraction skills. Includes samples of data blocks from which students would compose their summaries, kernel sentences from the samples, "kernel" kernel sentences, first draft summaries, and 30-word revised summaries. (HTH)

Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, English Instruction, High Schools, Higher Education, Journalism Education, News Writing, Teaching Methods, Writing Exercises

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Guides - Classroom - Teacher

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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