Summarizing Tips

Summarizing Tips By Daniela Munca, PhD American Language Center April 2010

Summarizing like Carving … ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why teach our students to summarize? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why summarize ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

1. Divide…and conquer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2) Read carefully ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

3) Active Reading ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

4) Draw a graphic organizer ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Try a “Story Board” approach

5) Write a THESIS STATEMENT ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

A good THESIS is like the top of a Big Mac ,[object Object]

The topic sentence introduces the main idea of a paragraph ,[object Object],[object Object]

A topic sentence is like a . . . ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

What’s missing? ,[object Object]

The most beautiful flower is the rose because it comes in so many different colors. Another beautiful flower is the daisy which sometimes grows wild. Spring flowers like tulips, daffodils, and crocuses are also very pretty. ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

6) Ready to write ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

7) Check for accuracy ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

8) Revise ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Tips: Summarize, don’t Describe ,[object Object]

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How long / big ? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Variations: Summary Essay ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Format ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

2. The body of a summary essay (one or more paragraphs): ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

3. There is customarily no conclusion to a summary essay ,[object Object],[object Object]

Variation: What is a response paper?

Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Summary Translation Method ,[object Object],[object Object]

Purpose: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summary Translations: ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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