So your students are reading nonfiction articles and informational texts, but can they summarize them? My students, especially my struggling 7th - 9th graders, have often been at a loss for what to include in nonfiction summaries. I created this mini unit to scaffold their understanding.CONTENTS:a presentation and student notes that provide the basics for teaching students how to summarize a nonfiction text. The presentation text can be edited in Google Slides, which can be downloaded as a Power