1. Summarizing A
Scholarly Journal
Article
originally published by:
Writing Centre of University of the Fraser Valley
(2009)
Total page of Article : 3
Summarized by :
Bakhreza A Talip (2014)
Employee of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris, Tg. Malim,Perak, Malaysia
PhD candidate of Multimedia University , Cyberjaya Campus, Selangor, Malaysia
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2. Introduction | Purpose of this
POWER POINT presentation
 To practice summarizing
 To demonstrate results of my own style in active and interactive reading .
 To coach myself to stay focus and being productive.
 To embrace advantages the rules of one activity at a time.
 To supply myself with guidance throughout the research process.
 To cultivate my own personal critical thinking through the process of
summarizing.
 To appreciate my ability to read, think and write since kindergarten.
 To harness my own skills as a teacher as well as a a student through
POWER POINT and shared media technology .
 As a treatment for myself from procrastination.
 Maybe to inspire YOU , who choose to read this presentation.
 Above all this presentation made for academic purpose as summarizing is
a crucial skills need to master as a researcher.
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3. TERMINOLOGY | KEYWORDS | derived from the original text
Words Meaning
Gist(s) • The main or essential part of the article.
• Its main line or line of reasoning.
• The main ideas of the article
Main ideas Part of article which is general and abstract
Writing Contains main point , points and purpose.
Main point Line in the article needs to be develop and supports by example.
Child document
Child article
• Not exactly the same as its original but resemble the original
• A new text which is fully formed and stand on its own.
Example Detailed description to interpret or analyze the main idea.
Nuggets of Information • A shorthand form derived from the original text.
• Results from translation activity by rephrasing the complex ideas and concept in the
original document.
• Notes emerged from the process of note taking.
Abstract • The concise summary of the original article than the child article.
Headings • Indicate main sections or topic shifts in the article
• Reflects the writer’s organization or structure in the article.
Title of article Indicate the writer’s topic and approach to that topic
Note Taking A process to achieve a goal to produce nuggets of information.
Scholarly expression • Indicate name of people and the written document along with a date of publication
• Rephrasing from the original
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4. Definition | A Summary
A Summary is a coherent document that both
make sense on its own and accurately reflects its
original source.
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A summary is a report in portable form express differently from the original

5. Definition |
A summary express in a scholarly style
A written report indicating the name of people who wrote
the original text ; title of the original text that has been
summarized; the date of the original text published; the
description of main finding of the conclusion that derived
from the original text; the connection to the original text
throughout the summary report.
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A summary that include other details includes the name of people and the document, the
date of publication and has been rephrase reflecting the original source.

6. 1. To report in a brief and yet accurate manner the main gists of the article.
2. To report the main ideas and findings of others in a form of shorthand
information.
1. To produce a coherent text that bears an accurate relationship to its original.
2. Presenting a text in a much briefer form from the original
Goal of Summaryexcerpt from the original
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Objective of Summaryexcerpt from the original

7. • To make note of main ideas of other writers
• To make note of the more detailed description of example or cases.
• To notice the distinction between abstract and detailed information.
• To capture the connection between important ideas.
• To make note of important ideas in shorthand form.
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Goal of
Note taking process in summarizing
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8. Tips | Do & Don’t
Writing the first draft of the summary
 Capture the connection between
ideas or concepts.
 Include one or two brief examples
that illustrate main point or points
from the original.
 Make a summary reader strongly
connected to the original article.
 Control the amount of detail which
to be included into the written
summary avoiding the bog down
report.
 Make a long and complicated
document accessible for use.
 Retain some of the key terminology
from the original.
 Summarize the article in the same
linear pattern of the original.
 Expect to retain key idea in every
paragraph of the original article.
 Capture all the detailed
description.
 Offer an evaluation or opinion of
the original article.
 Include direct quotes from the
original article.
 Report all of the technical
terminology of the original.
 Capture all of the abstract ideas or
concepts and the supporting
material.
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excerpt from the original

9. Activity in Summarizing
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excerpt from the original

10. A shorter version of the original document.
A coherent document that reflects the original source
A new text not exactly the same as its original but bearing
the features of original document.
A child of the original document which fully formed and
stands on its own
Indicate to reader writer’s main point or points or
purpose of writing.
Point out how the writer develop and support main point
in the original article.
Dependent to the original article
Resemble the original source.
Give access to ideas of other writers.
Checklist |
Features of a summary
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excerpt from the original

11. Process of Summarizing
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Flip through
the entire
article
Read the
abstract
Read the
article
Read the
article again
Look for
connection
s
Read the draft
of the summary
to someone
who has not
read the original
article
Express the
summary in
a scholarly
article
 Focus on
headings
 Focus on title
 Get a sense of
information
structure in the
article.
Focus on
concise
summary of
the original
article
 Actively
 Note Taking
 Highlight
different
kind of
information
Capture main
idea of the
article
Get sense of
the writer’s topic
Make
connections
between the
parts of the
article
Connects
between
nuggets of
information
Write first
draft of the
summary
Ask either the
article making
any sense or not
Keeping in
touch with
the source
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
FLIP
READ
FOCUS
TAKE
NOTE
COLLECT
NUGGETS
CONNECT
NUGGETS
WRITE
REPORT
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Completed within 6 hours
From Flip & Read to First Draft of Summary Report
In POWER POINT