The document provides guidance on writing summaries. It explains that a summary should only include the main idea or "table top" from the original paragraph or article and omit supporting details and conclusions. The summary should be objective and present the author's ideas without personal criticism or evaluation. When summarizing, the writer should delete minor details, combine similar details, select main idea sentences, and invent main idea sentences when not explicitly stated. The document models the summarization process and encourages asking process questions about improving summaries. Students are instructed to practice this skill by finding and summarizing three articles.