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