What is GIST? Gist is the Generating Ideas Systematically from Text Strategy it is a summarizing activity for use in any content area.
GIST is the process of summarizing information by using the 5W's and H. While reading students should highlight and make a list of the Who? What? Where? When? Why? and How? in a text.
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