Provide a metaview, lifting students into a wider view of the concept. Use another medium (not reading or writing) to connect students' personal knowing to the concept (i.e. visual arts, music, movement, metaphor, etc.) Involve learners in reflective production that blends the emotional and the cognitive.

Parachute activity

Students each take a place around large parachute, evenly distribute themselves. Teacher taps each student who must go sit down until there is just enough students to keep the parachute up and intact. Tell students that the parachute represents a story. Each person was a detail from that story. And when only 2 or 3 details remain, that is like a summary (just enough information to keep the integrity of the piece).

Do the remaining details need to reposition themselves to keep it in place? Where will they stand? What significance does this have to the summary?