“A Summer’s Reading” Storyboard Activity

Produced by: Grade 11

Leo Baeck High School English Class

The purpose of this project was to go beyond basic English reading

comprehension, and into deeper levels of thinking. After reading George

Malamud’s “A Summer’s Reading,” students were challenged to synthe-

size their knowledge and understanding about the story they read. Spe-

cifically, they were given 8 different sections from “A Summer’s Read-

ing,” and asked to come up with a headline and illustration to depict the

main events of each section. In the process, they had to employ various

levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy.

Students were asked to synthesize

their knowledge into headlines that

capture the story’s most important

details.

Students had to read and

comprehend the story, “A

Summer’s Reading”

Students had to evaluate

which details were impor-

tant, and which weren’t

The results are shown in the pages that follow. Many students in-vested a great deal of time, outside of the classroom, to produce a final re-sult that is both accurate and displayed artistically. By revealing students’ viewpoints and giving them the opportunity for higher level thinking, this project serves as a quick example of the many types of tasks that can be produced in an engaging classroom. Certainly, there are many extensions to this project that can be continued to further deepen their thinking and continue to improve their English skills. - Yotam Hod, Teacher