EAPP-Summarizing

As a team, how are you feeling right now?

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In one to two words, what is a summary?

What is the definition of a summary?

• A condensed version of text that defines your scope and focus.

• A condensed version of text that only includes the main ideas.

• A condensed version of text that gives insight on the development on a topic.

• A condensed version of text that gives the writer's opinion of the original text.

Below are the guidelines for summarizing EXCEPT …

• Should be written in your own words.

• Acknowledges the source of the text.

• Includes examples and opinions.

• Keep main idea and key points of the original text.

Why do you summarise a text?

• To understand a text.

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  To condense ideas.

• To easily access the key information.

• All of the above.

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• Summary being shorter than the text.

• Exact words from the text.

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  Including main ideas only.

• Summary is coherent and concise.

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading

• write about what I read

• include the key points of a text

• all of the above

All of these are processes of summarizing EXCEPT:

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  deleting

• keeping

• highlighting

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  paraphrasing

When you summarize, you restate the ____________ information of the text.

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  least important

• most important

• supporting details

• resolution

Why is it important for readers to summarize only the most important parts of a text instead of retelling every detail?

• It saves time and helps focus on key information.

• It makes the story longer and more interesting.

• It allows readers to copy the text word for word.

• It helps readers remember every single detail.