Life on the space station: learning to write a summary
Students read an article about daily life on the ISS, study a model summary and practice paraphrasing, then summarize a text on space junk.
B1Teens45 minSummary
About this lesson
A B1 writing lesson (summary). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- B1
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Summary
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 45 minutes
- Topic
- Space
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, Multiple choice, True / False, Matching
- Key words
- summary, main idea, detail, paraphrase, gravity, float, drift, worthwhile
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Identify the main idea of each paragraph and leave out small details
- Write a short, accurate summary in your own words