Summarizing

As you code a text, what could a check mark mean?

"I already knew that!"

"Summaries are about the author's arguments and details; they are not the place for personal opinions or judgments."

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A summary can be completed in writing, but also orally, dramatically, artistically, visually, physically or musically.

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One of the toughest parts of summarizing, is paraphrasing -- putting important information into your own words.

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Summarizing is a powerful reading strategy. It increases comprehension and retention of information.

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When you summarize, you restate the most important information of a text, using your own words.

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If your summary is too short, it will leave the readers _____.

Asking questions, wanting more

Remove your opinion and keep it

Concise

Deleting

Do not include supporting details in your summary.

A summary is a short

Explanation

Reporter's Notes (who, what, why, where, how)

Identify the answer to each of the above items. Take your answers, write them into paragraph form and you have the framework for your summary.

Vocabulary

If a text gives you a list of important vocabulary in it's preview, or your teacher provides vocabulary prior to a unit of study, use these vocabulary words as important information that should be included in your summary.

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

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

Summarizing Tricks

Text features vocabulary topic sentences Reporters' notes (who, what, where, why, how) Organizers (graphic,

Text Features

Text features such as titles, subtitles, bold, color, margin notes, etc. are clues to a text's most important information -- information you may want to include in your summary.

Paraphrasing

Use your own words!!!

When you summarize, cut out the details and keep

What's essential

Topic Sentence

When reading a short text, identify the topic sentence in each paragraph. A topic sentence holds the most important information in a paragraph. Therefore, a summary can be written simply by paraphrasing the topic sentences into your own words.

When you're summarizing, what five things will get you by?

Who, what, when, where and why