PACIFIC SOUTHBAY COLLEGE, INC.

PurokCarmenville, Brgy. Calumpang General Santos City

HUMSS
(Humanities and Social Sciences)

MODULE 4
1ST SEMESTER S.Y. 2021-2022

NAME: _______________________________________________
GRADE & SECTION: 11-Tesla
SUBJECT: English for Academics
SUBJECT TEACHER: Aron Adarson Bago
 PACIFIC SOUTHBAY COLLEGE, INC
Purok Carmenville, Calumpang, General Santos City
HUMSS 11-Tesla
MODULE NO. 4
2nd Term, 1ST Semester, SY 2020-2021

Descriptive Title : ENGLISH FOR ACADEMICS

Course Credit : 4 units
Class Schedule : Monday-Friday (Online and Modular)
Room : Google Classroom
Instructor : ARON ADARSON J. BAGO
Contact Details : arkaye1220@gmail.com

WEEK 4 - Academic Writing/Text Structure and its Approaches

Lesson 6. SUMMARIZING
Learning Objectives:
1. Define Summarizing
2. Remember the tips in summarizing
3. Summarize a certain text

2.6 Actual Reading

"The Necklace" by Guy De Maupassant

1. Mathilde Loisel lives in a flat with her husband, who works as a clerk for the
Minister of Education. Their lives are not luxurious, but they are not poor, merely
simple. Mathilde, however, longs to be rich. She envies her friend Jeanne who
has a large house and lots of jewelry.

2. One day her husband brings home an invitation to a ball. He thinks his wife will
be excited to attend such a fancy party, but instead she is upset. She complains
that she has nothing suitable to wear to such an extravagant occasion. Her kind
husband agrees to give her the four hundred francs that he had been saving to
buy a new rifle to get herself a gown.
 3. The week of the party, Mathilde seems anxious again. When her husband asks
her why, she frets that she has no jewelry to wear with her dress. He suggests
that perhaps she could borrow something from her friend Jeanne Forestier.
Mathilde goes to Jeanne's house and picks out a sparkling diamond necklace to
borrow.

4. She and her husband attend the gala and have a fabulous time. She loves
amazing and dances all night. Finally, they head home in the wee hours of the
morning. When they arrive home, Mathilde realizes that the necklace is missing.
They wonder if it fell off in the carriage that they took home, but neither of them
noticed the number. Her husband goes out to search the streets but returns
empty handed. To stall for time, Mathilde writes to her friend that she broke the
clasp and is having it repaired. In the meantime, they find another necklace that
matches the missing one, but it costs thirty-six thousand francs. Her husband
fortunately inherited eighteen thousand francs from his father, but they will need
to borrow the rest of the money. Finally, they have enough to purchase the
replacement necklace and Mathilde gives it to Jeanne who doesn't even look at
it.

5. The next ten years Mathilde's life changes dramatically. They move to a smaller
apartment where she has to cook and clean for herself. She also does work on
the side while her husband works multiple jobs to pay back all the money they
borrowed. After the ten years, the money is all paid back, but Mathilde has aged
a great deal.

6. One day she sees Jeanne Forestier on the street. She decides to tell her the
truth about the necklace. Jeanne is stunned by Mathilde's rough appearance.
Mathilde explains that it is indirectly because of Jeanne since she lost the
necklace she borrowed from her and had to pay for a replacement. Shocked,
Jeanne confesses that the necklace Mathilde borrowed was a fake, made of
paste, worth no more than five hundred francs.

7. Clearly, the lesson of the story is that honesty is the best policy. If Mathilde had
been honest with her friend from the start, she would have learned that the
necklace wasn't made of real diamonds and would not have wasted ten years
paying for a replacement.

What Is Summarizing?

In contrast, a summary is a brief overview of an entire discussion or argument. You might

summarize a whole research paper or conversation in a single paragraph, for example, or with a
series of bullet points, using your own words and style.
People often summarize when the original material is long, or to emphasize key facts or points.
Summaries leave out detail or examples that may distract the reader from the most important
information, and they simplify complex arguments, grammar and vocabulary.
Used correctly, summarizing and paraphrasing can save time, increase understanding, and give
authority and credibility to your work. Both tools are useful when the precise wording of the
original communication is less important than its overall meaning.
How to Summarize Text

1. Get a General Idea of the Original

First,  the text that you're summarizing to get a general impression of its content. Pay
particular attention to the title, introduction, conclusion, and the headings and subheadings.

2. Check Your Understanding

Build your comprehension of the text by reading it again more carefully. Check that your
initial interpretation of the content was correct.

3. Make Notes
Take notes on what you're reading or listening to. Use bullet points, and introduce each
bullet with a key word or idea. Write down only one point or idea for each bullet.If you're
summarizing spoken material, you may not have much time on each point before the
speaker moves on. If you can, obtain a meeting agenda, a copy of the presentation, or a
transcript of the speech in advance, so you know what's coming. Make sure your notes are
concise, well-ordered, and include only the points that really matter.

4. Check Your Work

Your summary should be a brief but informative outline of the original. Check that you've
expressed all of the most important points in your own words, and that you've left out
any unnecessary detail.
ACTIVITY

Instruction: Learners read the given text and paraphrase the given text.

Original: So how do you go about identifying your strengths and weaknesses, and analyzing
the opportunities and threats that flow from them? SWOT Analysis is a useful technique that
helps you to do this.
What makes SWOT especially powerful is that, with a little thought, it can help you to uncover
opportunities that you would not otherwise have spotted. And by understanding your
weaknesses, you can manage and eliminate threats that might otherwise hurt your ability to
move forward in your role.
If you look at yourself using the SWOT framework, you can start to separate yourself from your
peers, and further develop the specialized talents and abilities that you need in order to advance
your career and to help you achieve your personal goals.

Summarizing:________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________