The document provides guidance on how to summarize a written text in 5 steps: 1) Define what a summary is, 2) Distinguish between paraphrasing and summarizing, 3) Learn summarizing strategies, 4) Practice summarizing a sample text, and 5) Provide peer feedback on summaries. It emphasizes that a summary should be a condensed version that is around one-third the length of the original text, uses your own words to convey the main ideas and key supporting points, and establishes relationships between ideas using transition words.