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QUARTER : 1 WEEK 3 DAY 1-4 ACTIVITY NO. 1-2

Competency: Uses various techniques in summarizing a variety of academic texts
Objective: Apply different techniques in summarizing variety of academic texts
Topic: Summarizing Techniques
Materials: Pen, bond paper, news papers,
References: https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/tinelachica04/summarizing
http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/researching/summarize/;
http://info.inquirer.net
Copyrights: For academic use

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Education
Region VII, Central Visayas
DIVISION OF BOHOL

ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES

Concept Notes:

Summarizing refers to providing an abridged version of the narrative. Summary or a precis is a

synopsis or digest of the essence of an entire text. Some helpful tips in summarizing are the following:
1. Read the text you are about to summarize over and over again.
2. Identify the main idea of the text you are planning to summarize.
3. Put your feet into the readers’ shoes.
4. Ensure a smooth flow of ideas by using appropriate transitional devices.
5. Limit your summary to a few sentences.
6. Do not forget to proofread your work.
7. You can use the framework below to organize your thoughts for a smooth sailing summary.

Main Idea

Supporting
Supporting
details
Supporting details
details
Figure 1

Sample paragraph

A tornado is a powerful, twisting windstorm. It begins high in the air, among the winds of a
giant storm cloud. People who have watched a tornado’s howling winds reach down from the sky have
said it’s the most frightening thing they have ever seen.in some parts of the United States, these
windstorms are called twisters or cyclone.

A tornado is a
powerful,
twisting
windstorm

Part of giant storm frightening Twisters or cylone

cloud
Figure 2

Sentence Summary…

Tornadoes are frightening, powerful, twisting windstorms sometimes called twisters or cyclones
that start in giant storm clouds.

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On the other hand, as what the University of Toronto said, summarizing a text, or distilling its
essential concepts into a paragraph or two, is a useful study tool as well as good writing practice. A
summary has two aims: (1) to reproduce the overarching ideas in a text, identifying the general
concepts that run through the entire piece, and (2) to express these overarching ideas using precise,
specific language. When you summarize, you cannot rely on the language the author has used to
develop his or her points, and you must find a way to give an overview of these points without your
own sentences becoming too general. You must also make decisions about which concepts to leave in
and which to omit, taking into consideration your purposes in summarizing and also your view of what
is important in this text. Here are some methods for summarizing: First, prior to skimming, use some
of the previewing techniques.
1. Include the title and identify the author in your first sentence. The first sentence or two of your
summary should contain the author’s thesis, or central concept, stated in your own words.
This is the idea that runs through the entire text–the one you’d mention if someone asked you:
“What is this piece/article about?”
2. When summarizing a longer article, try to see how the various stages in the explanation or
argument are built up in groups of related paragraphs. Divide the article into sections if it isn’t
done in the published form. Then, write a sentence or two to cover the key ideas in each
section.
3. Omit ideas that are not really central to the text. Don’t feel that you must reproduce the
author’s exact progression of thought. On the other hand, be careful not to misrepresent ideas
by omitting important aspects of the author’s discussion). In general, omit minor details and
specific examples.
4. Avoid writing opinions or personal responses in your summaries
5. Be careful not to plagiarize the author’s words. If you do use even a few of the author’s words,
they must appear in quotation marks. To avoid plagiarism, try writing the first draft of your
summary without looking back at the original text.
(http://advice.writing.utoronto.ca/researching/summarize/;)

Activity 1
Direction: Summarize the excerpt below using the different techniques as told by University of
Toronto. Write your answer at the back of this page.
Your answer will be rated through the following criteria:
Conciseness- 10
Accuracy- 20
Objectivity- 20
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New wildflower species found in El Nido

(Romar Miranda-Philippine Daily Inquirer)

Puerto Princesa City- A new begonia species was discovered in El Nido town in Palawan
province and was named after local resident and naturalist Will Cabanillas for his contribution
in field exploration and biodiversity conservation.
Rene Alfred Anton Bustamante, who first documented the wild flower on 2017, said by
phone that the discovery of the new begonia species, called Begonia cabanillasii, was published
in global scientific journal, Phytotaxa, on Thursday by a team of researchers composed of
himself, Yu Pin Ang, Danilo Tandang and John Michael Agcaoili.
“We could choose other plants that we have discovered to name after (Cabanillas), but
we chose this one because this is really attractive. We wanted to do something nice for him,”
Bustamante said.
Cabanillas, who is also a bird-watcher, has in many occasions led the research team to
a natural habitats of plants found only in Palawan.
There are now 23 Begonia species that can be found in Palawan but B. cabanillasii can
be easily distinguished from the other related species because of its “distinct hair,” thickness of
leaf, and “compact” habitat. Its staminate flower pedicel ranges from 15 to 25 millimeters, with
four white and pink petals.
Bustamante hoped that the recent discovery of B.cabanillasii would encourage the
younger generations of Palawenos to guard the biodiversity and conserve the natural wonders
of their province.
(http://info.inquirer.net)