Purpose: This task is to write the “summary” lead section

Background information:

By this point, students should have the main bulk of their article written. Now, they should focus on the first section of a Wikipedia article: the Lead Section. This section should be a one-paragraph summary of the rest of the article. All sections of the article should be represented in the paragraph. The handout this week includes a table that asks students to write a one sentence summary of each section to aid this task.

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In addition, the students should consult their model article to see how the lead section is written. For example, the first sentence of a Wikipedia page is always a simple definition of the topic, and they follow the same pattern, “Topic is a ___”

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Activity stages:

Resources/websites:

The following guides from Wikipedia give hints and tips for how to create a good Lead Section.

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Lead_section

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:How_to_create_and_manage_a_good_lead_section

Handouts: Writing the Lead Section

Answers/models: