The document provides instructions for how to write a summary in 3 sentences or less by focusing on the most important details, deleting unnecessary information, avoiding redundancy, using your own words, substituting general terms for lists, including a topic sentence, and ensuring accuracy and completeness by answering key questions about the content.

1. Close and Critical Reading Review How to…Summarize! Mrs. Hyatt

2. Read the material carefully and take notes about the most important details.

3. Delete trivial, unnecessary information.

4. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material. Delete redundant material.

5. Use your OWN words or cite properly. Do NOT plagiarize!

6. Substitute super ordinate words for lists. For example: flowers for daisies, tulips, and roses.

7. Create a topic sentence using the information provided in the article that is being summarized.

8. Make sure your summary is accurate.

9. Be sure your summary answers the following questions: What does the text say? How does it say it? What does the text mean? So, what?