Summarizing
In a summary, where should you drop anything that's not a fact?
In the trash can
Keeping
Keep only the important information and main ideas.
Summarizing is:
Keeping Deleting Paraphrasing
If your summary is too short, it will leave the readers ...
Asking questions, wanting more
Deleting
Do not include supporting details in your summary.
A summary is a short
Explanation
One of the toughest parts of summarizing, is ___________________ -- putting important information into your own words.
paraphrasing
"Summaries are about the author's arguments and details; they are not the place for _____________ ________________ or ______________________."
personal opinions;judgments
A _______________ can be completed in writing, but also orally, dramatically, artistically, visually, physically or musically.
summary
Text Features
titles, subtitles, bold, color, margin notes, etc. are clues to a text's most important information
Vocabulary
use these as important information that should be included
What should you do with any section that troubles you?
Re-read it
What kind of facts belong in a summary?
Relevant information
Once you write the summary, _____ and revise.
Review
Reporter's Notes (who, what, why, where, how)
Take your answers, write them into paragraph form and you have the framework for your summary.
Summarizing Tricks
Text features vocabulary topic sentences Reporters' notes (who, what, where, why, how) Organizers
Paraphrasing
Use your own words!!!
When you summarize, cut out the details and keep
What's essential
When you're summarizing, what five things will get you by?
Who, what, when, where and why
Summarizing is a powerful reading strategy. It increases ____________________ and retention of information.
comprehension
Topic Sentence
holds the most important information in a paragraph
When you summarize, you restate the most important ____________________ of a text, using your own words.
information