Table of Contents

What I Know................................................................................... ..........................1

What’s In...................................................................................................................2
What’s New............................................................................................................2-3
What’s More..............................................................................................................3
What I Have Learned................................................................................................4
What I Can Do........................................................................................................5-6
Assessment...........................................................................................................7-8
Additional Activities.................................................................................................9
 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC & PROFESSIONAL
PURPOSES

What I Know
PRE-TEST 10/10
A. Directions: TRUE OR FALSE. Read and analyze the statements
below. Write T if the statement is correct and F if it is not.
Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

D
T 1. A summary is about the author’s arguments and details. It is
not your personal opinions or judgments.
T 2. In summarizing, the writer must use his own words.

A
T 3. In summarizing, the writer must restate the most important
ideas of the text.
T 4. A summary should be between 10-25 percent of the original
text’s length (1 percent for novels).

Y T 5. If the summary is more than 25% of the original text’s length,

the writer needs to delete more details and keep only the
important information.
F 6. Summarizing is a short restatement of an original text but not
necessarily including the main ideas.
T 7. Summarizing is important in academic writing.

3 T 8. In summarizing, it is important that the writer should

acknowledge the source or author of the information in the original
text.
T 9. Comparing your summary with the original text is important.
F 10. Summarizing is similar with paraphrasing.
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 VARIOUS TECHNIQUES IN SUMMARIZING
LESSON 3
VARIETY OF ACADEMIC TEXT

What’s In
SUMMARIZE 1. M A U S M Z E R I hint: sum up
TECHNIQUE 2. Q H E T E N C I U hint: tactics
WRITING 3. R I N W T G I hint: chirography
READING 4. D E A R hint: scan
PREVIEW 5. V E I W E R P hint: preliminary viewing
TEXT 6. E T T X hint: content
STRATEGIES 7. T A T S G E I S R E hint: approach
INFORMATION 8. R O F M I O N A N I T hint: details
ACADEMIC 9. M I C A D A E hint: educational
IMPOTANT 10. P O T R M I N A N T hint: valuable
Directions: Arrange the jumbled letters to form the correct word. Use the
synonym opposite each word as your guide in unlocking the word. Some of the
answers in this activity have been tackled in the previous lesson and some will be
tackled in this lesson. Write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.

What’s New 10/10

Directions: Try to recall one of the novel or short stories you have tackled in your
previous English subjects, or your favorite book. Then, in a separate sheet of paper, try to
rewrite it on your own words. Don’t forget also to answer the follow-up questions.

Me Before You
Lou Clark is an average Jane form a small town in England, loses her job
at a café because it is shutting down. Bummed, she goes job hunting until she
lands a gig as a caretaker for a paralyzed man named Will Traynor. Wil is a
young business executive and extreme sports enthusiast who has got into an
accident that left him completely paralyzed. As time go, they got closer to each
other, then Lou finds the truth about why they hired her; to make sure he doesn’t
hurt himself before then. Lou did everything to show Will that life is worth living
and showing her love for him, although he also does love her, Will still is going to
assisted suicide facility. Lou furiously return home but eventually decided to be
with Will on his last moments in Dignitas. Before his death, Will writes Lou a letter
that can only be opened on Paris café, so she goes. The letter says Will has left
Lou money to follow her dreams and expresses his sadness at causing her pain,
though he hopes she will emerge from the other end of her grief as a better
person. Thus begins a bold new chapter in Lou’s life.

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Thank you for sharing and retelling such wonderful story! How do you do it? Kindly
read each of the descriptions written in the first column, then tell if you have done it
or not by putting a check (✓) either YES or NO. Make sure to select only one
between the two options in every description.
Descriptions Yes No
I wrote only one important part or idea of the story. 
I wrote my favorite parts of the story. 
I wrote only the most interesting part of the story. 
I copied new information related to the story. 
I quoted some lines from the story. 
I added comments and opinions on the story. 

What’s More
Directions: Write a short essay/poem emphasizing the importance of
summarizing in academic writing to you as a Senior High School student. Provide
situations to support your answer. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

Summarizing in academic writing as very important to me as a

Senior High School Student because it helps me understand a context
easily. It gives me the exact information that I needed without having
to read the whole text. It helps us to determine essential ideas and
consolidate important details that support them.
This teaches us how to discern the most important ideas in text,
how to ignore irrelevant information and how to integrate the central
ideas in a meaningful way. Improves our memory of what has read.

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What I Have Learned
Directions: Complete the statements below by providing correct information
based on what you have learned from this module. Write your answers on a
separate sheet of paper.
 Summarizing is a useful study tool as well as good writing practice on distilling
essential concepts into a paragraph or two. Summarizing is reducing text to one-
third or one quarter its original size, clearly articulating the author’s meaning, and
retaining main ideas according to Buckley (2004).
 A summary should contain all the major points of the text, but should ignore most
of the fine details, examples, illustrations or explanations. It should have
conciseness, accuracy and objectivity.
 There are various techniques in academic texts such as
1. Read the work first to understand the author’s intent.
2. One of the summarization techniques you can do is to present information
through facts, skills, and concept in visual formats.
3. To avoid difficulty, you need first to know the main points and the
supporting
details.
4. You need to analyse the text to save time in thinking what you will do.
5. Think what information you will put in your summary.
6. One of the best things to do in auto summarizing is restating the words into
different one.
7. You will fully understand what the document is when you organize all
ideas.
8. One of the things you can do is to write down all information in a coherent
and precise form.
9. You can also decide to represent information through using dimensional
constructions in representing concepts, skills or facts.
10. Paraphrasing is one of the skills you can do in writing a summary.
 Summarizing is important in academic writing because it can help the learners to
understand the meaning of a text easier. In addition to the advantages of
summarizing for the reader, as a writer you gain a better sense of where you are
going with your writing, which parts need elaboration, and whether you have
comprehended the information you have collected.
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What I Can Do
Directions: Read the text then summarize it by completing the graphic organizer below.
Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.
Importance of Education
Education is a process that involves the transfer of knowledge, habits and skills from
one generation to another through teaching, research and training. It can be in a formal or
informal setting. Formal education involves institutionalized learning based on a curriculum.
In today’s society, education and learning play an indispensable role in shaping the lives of
individuals and the society. The most effective way of boosting economic growth, reducing
poverty and improving people’s health is by investing in education.
Human labour is essential for economic growth. A highly educated labour force
further stimulates economic growth. Additionally, a highly educated labour force can easily
adapt to new working environments and conditions. In view of that, it is evident that
education serves as the driving force for innovation of new products and services. Educated
workers exchange ideas in the workplace and come up with new ideas that help in the
growth of the economy.
Education reduces poverty in a number of ways. One way is by creating employment
opportunities for educated people. Through employment, one is able to afford a decent
living. Education helps to increase economic security, create income opportunities and
improve livelihoods of the economically disadvantaged by providing sustainable
environmental management mechanisms. Education further alleviates poverty through skills
acquired in the learning process. Skills such as carpentry, plumbing and masonry are
relevant in non-formal economies. One can acquire these skills through technical and
vocational training.
Educated people are health conscious and live longer than their counterparts
because they engage in healthy habits such as eating a balanced diet, exercising regularly
and going for medical check-ups. By investing in education, one will also be investing in their
health. Education serves to create room for technological advancements in the field of
medicine and agriculture. Advanced technology used for conducting surgery has replaced
traditional methods. This has seen an improvement in people’s general health and an
increased life expectancy. Most developing countries have a low life expectancy compared
to developed countries. This can be attributed to high illiteracy levels present in developing
countries. This translates to poor health and poor eating habits.
In conclusion, education is the only means of alleviating poverty, improving people’s
health and increasing economic growth. Improving literacy levels in marginalized societies
will go a long way in improving human living standards.

Paragraph 1
Main Idea: Education is done through transfer of knowledge and
skills. It plays an indispensable role in shaping the lives of individuals
and the society at large.
Details: Investing in education is the most effective way of boosting
economic growth, reducing poverty and improving people’s health.
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 Paragraph 2
Main Idea: Importance of highly educated workers in maintaining the
company.
Details: Highly educated labour force can easily adapt to new
working environments and conditions, come up with new ideas,
innovations of new products and services that help in the growth of the
economy.

Paragraph 3
Main Idea: Education is capable of reducing poverty in number of
ways.
Details: Education decreases unemployment as opportunities can be
opened. Through employment, one is able to afford a decent living.
education further alleviates poverty through skills acquired in learning
process

Paragraph 4
Main Idea: Education makes people engage in healthy habits.
Details: By investing in education, one will also be investing in their
health. Education serves to create room for technological
advancements in the field of medicine and agriculture. Advanced
technology used for conducting surgery has replaced traditional
methods. This has seen an improvement in people’s general health
and an increased life expectancy

Paragraph 5
Main Idea: Education is the factor that provides education, health and
jobs.
Details: Education is the only means of alleviating poverty, improving
people’s health and increasing economic growth.

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Assessment
Directions: Read each question carefully. Write the letter of the best answer on a
separate sheet of paper.
1. Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is false? 10/10
a. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
b. The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.
c. The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage.
d. The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.
2.Which of the following statements in SUMMARIZING is true?
a. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
b. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
c. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
d. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.
For numbers 3-10, choose the letter that presents the best summary in each of the following
paragraphs:
3. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range- herding
cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of
cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the
emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbours with
numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with
alligators and other exotic wildlife.
a. There are a lot of cows in Texas.
b. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
c. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
d. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.
4. Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat
dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the
Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide.
Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever
decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.
a. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
b. Jill loves Mexican food.
c. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
d. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
5. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged
himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the
elephants were his favourite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the
camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at
the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions
and tigers did not interest him now.
a. Peter's favourite animals were the elephants.
b. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
c. It was hot at the zoo.
d. Peter didn’t enjoy the zoo because he felt bad.
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6. For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border
that had mostly bright red and green colours, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had
found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue, and yellow that she thought
would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with
specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was
really going to look awesome.
a. Jenny likes bright colours.
b. Jenny was going to paint her room.
c. Jenny was picking out colours and materials to decorate.
d. Yellow is a good colour to paint your walls.
7. Right now, Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this
year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base.
Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he
did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be
good enough to play third base. That was his dream.
a. Jason really wanted to play third base. c. Jason had trouble catching ground balls.
b. Jason was the best player on his team. d. Jason was too lazy to practice.
8. San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area.
The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is
one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does
not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may
be in the mid-80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.
a. San Francisco has many neat things to do.
b. It seldom snows in California.
c. Many people choose to live in California.
d. The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.
9. Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She
thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy,
and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food,
building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they
sure aren't lazy.
a. Ants carry many things. c. Ants are hard workers.
b. Some ants may bite you. d. Some ants help take care of the queen.
10. The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book
about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every
book Chris reads about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes and reptiles,
and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a
book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.
a. Chris likes kangaroos. c. Chris read a lot of books about animals
b. Chris is in the fifth grade . d. Dolphins and whales live in the sea.

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Additional Activities
Directions: Research any news article related to your track or strand. Read it and
apply a summarizing technique. You should be able to apply the tips and the technique
correctly. Write your summary using your own words. Make sure to include and
acknowledge the source or the author of the information you have summarized. Be guided
by the given rubric.

1. Paste or write the original text inside this box.

The role of engineering education has gained prominence within the context of
STEM education. New educational perspectives such as the National Research Council’s
Framework for K-12 Science Education consider engineering practices one of the central
pillars of a sound STEM education. While this idea of developing a set of practices
analogous to those of professional engineering resonates with recent views of STEM
education research, current approaches such as the NRC’s Framework seem too
dependent on and interlinked with the list for scientific practices and adheres to this list
too strictly. This paper draws on the NRC’s Framework proposing a new set of
engineering practices that seek to incorporate the epistemic nuances that differentiate
engineering from science. The nine engineering practices proposed contain
epistemological nuances that are missing in other proposals, including essential aspects
such as problem scoping, identifying multiple solutions, selecting, testing and improving
solutions and materializing solutions. This epistemic approach may facilitate students’
content learning and thinking development, offering a more comprehensive and realistic
view of the STEM fields.

2. What technique will you use in summarizing the text? Technique 2: SAAC Method is
the technique that I will use in summarizing the text.
3. Final summary
• State: Engineering practices as a framework for STEM education: a proposal
based on epistemic nuances
• Assign: Simmaro, Cristina and Couso Digna
• Action: Explains
• Complete The role of engineering education has gained prominence within the context
of STEM education.
Summary
This paper draws on the NRC’s Framework proposing a new set of engineering
practices that seek to incorporate the epistemic nuances that differentiate engineering
from science. This epistemic approach may facilitate students’ content learning and
thinking development, offering a more comprehensive and realistic view of the STEM
fields.

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