(HCDRS) Highlight, Chunk, Discuss, Research & Summarize
The Highlight, Chunk, Discuss, Research & Summarize (HCDRS) strategy provides a progression that helps students construct a deeper understand of a selected text.
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Preparing Passage (Teacher Note)
Access template by clicking on Resources, clicking on Share, then entering "fjVdk71zW6" into the Access Key field. The template will appear. Click on
to duplicate the resource and begin entering the passage to be examined.
Your teacher may at this point print off the updated document and passout to you or if done online, provide you with a new Assess Key and you in turn use the hightlighter features in the web page resource. -
Highlight
Provided with a reading selection, hightlight key information you consider important text from the selection. -
Chunking Text
Referring to highlighted text, write key information form the selection onto the second column. -
Discuss & Compare
As per teacher instructions, discuss with partner, group, or class what was chunked. Reach a concensus. -
Summarize
Using revised chunked text and other text resources (e.g., textbook, journal, articles) to write a comprehensive summary.
Standards
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Common Core State Standards: ELA Standards for Science/Technical > 6-8 > KID > S.2
Determine the central ideas or conclusions of a text; provide an accurate summary of the text distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions 4 - Determine (central ideas or conclusions of a text)
5 - Provide (accurate text summary distinct from prior knowledge or opinions)
4 - I can determine central ideas or conclusions of a text.
5 - I can provide an accurate text summary distinct from prior knowledge or opinions.
A. Textual information often addresses recurring central ideas or conclusions.
B. Accurate summaries of text convey the author's intended ideas and conclusions.
A.1 How can the central ideas or conclusions of a text be determined?
B.1 What is the value of excluding prior knowledge and opinions when summarizing a text?
B.2 How can prior knowledge and opinion be excluded from an accurate summary of a text?
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Common Core State Standards: ELA Standards for History/Social Studies > 9-10 > KID > S.2
Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source; provide an accurate summary of how key events or ideas develop over the course of the text.
Content Skills Learning Targets Big Ideas Essential Questions Central ideasSummary4 - Determine (The central ideas of a primary source)
4 - Determine (The central information of a primary source)
4 - Determine (The central ideas of a secondary source)
4 - Determine (The central information of a secondary source)
3 - Provide (An accurate summary of how key events develop over the course of the text)
3 - Provide (An accurate summary of how key ideas develop over the course of the text)
4 - I can determine the central ideas of a primary source.
4 - I can determine the central information of a primary source.
4 - I can determine the central ideas of a secondary source.
4 - I can determine the central information of a secondary source.
3 - I can provide an accurate summary of how key events develop over the course of the text.
3 - I can provide an accurate summary of how key ideas develop over the course of the text)
A. Primary sources provide an accurate account of key events in a course of text.
B. Secondary sources provide an accurate account of key events in a course of text.
C. Central ideas and supporting information of the sources determine the relevance to research.
A.1 How do primary sources help develop key events in a course of text?
A.2 Why are primary sources central in developing key ideas in a course of text?
B.1 How do secondary sources help develop key events in a course of text?
B.2 Why are secondary sources central developing key ideas in a course of text?
C.1 How are primary and secondary sources relevant?