Quarter 3 – Week 3: Module 3

Summarizing Techniques

Development Team of the Module

Writer: Redemption C. Guinto
Editor: Alvin R. Lim
Reviewer: Maria Elizabeth M. Morales

Management Team Zenia G. Mostoles EdD, CESO V, SDS

Leonardo C. Canlas EdD CESE, ASDS
Rowena T. Quiambao CESE, ASDS
Celia R. Lacanlale PhD, CID Chief
Arceli S. Lopez PhD, SGOD Chief
June D. Cunanan EPS- English
Ruby M. Jimenez PhD, EPS-LRMDS

Published by: Department of Education, Schools Division of Pampanga

Office Address: High School Boulevard, Brgy. Lourdes, City of San Fernando, Pampanga
Telephone No: (045) 435-2728
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Introductory Message
For the Facilitator:

Welcome to the English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode
(ADM) Module on Summarizing Techniques. This module was collaboratively designed,
developed and reviewed by educators from public institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12 Curriculum while
overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints in schooling.

This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and independent learning
activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this also aims to help learners acquire the
needed 21st century skills while taking into consideration their needs and circumstances.

In addition to the material in the main text, you will also see this box in the body of the module:

As a facilitator you are expected to orient the learners on how to use this module. You also
need to keep track of the learners' progress while allowing them to manage their own learning.
Furthermore, you are expected to encourage and assist the learners as they do the tasks
included in the module.

For the Learner:

English for Academic and Professional Purposes Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
Summarizing Techniques. This module aims to offer an overview of different topics within the
field of academic writing within and across various disciplines. There will be academic
readings to provide materials form academic writings and several text structures and
conventions in writing.

This module was designed to provide you with fun and meaningful opportunities for guided
and independent learning at your own pace and time. You will be enabled to process the
contents of the learning resource while being an active learner.

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 What I Need to Know

For the Learner

You will be given information to be able to create a well-written summary. This
is important for you as a student who will be making a lot of academic texts, reports
and research works.

When you are familiar with different text structures, your reading skills will be
enhanced and you will be able to comprehend whatever material will be given to you
study.

At the end of this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify various summarizing techniques; and

2. Apply any or a combination of these techniques in a well-written summary.

What I Know

All your other outputs for this module will form your portfolio of learning so make
sure to answer them as carefully and honestly as possible.

On a separate sheet of paper, put a / if the statement is a GOOD summarizing

technique and X if the statement is a BAD summarizing technique.
1. Aldrin copied details from two original texts and joined the two to form his
summary.
2. Elizabeth read the original material and listed down important details in her
notebook.
3. John used a semantic web to relate important details to the main idea.
4. Evelyn underlined important sentences and restated them in her own words.
5. Engelbert wrote down key ideas, and connected the ideas using his own
words.

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 Lesson
Summarizing Techniques
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What’s In

Write words to complete the semantic web. You can add more sections to the
web if you want. Do this on a sheet of paper.

Love
story

Thriller Drama
Text
Structures

Suspense Action

What’s New

Read the following paragraph and pick out the most important details in each
of them. Copy the graphic organizer OF YOUR CHOICE on a separate sheet of paper
and fill in the required information.
Before she became known as Wonder Woman, Diana is the princess of
Themyscira. daughter of Queen Hippolyta. She grew up sheltered but inside her she
wanted to be like her mother and her mother’s generals so she was trained by her
mother’s General, Antiope, who knew of the prophecy surrounding the true identity of

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Diana. When a spy crossed the magic border of the island of the Amazons, Nazi
soldiers fought and killed Antiope which prompted Diana to go with the American spy
to win Ares’ war of all wars. Diana went on to fight with men, discovering who she
really is, who Ares is and what she can do to win. Diana finally discovered lies of men,
her true identity, her powers and that she can be Wonder Woman.

What is It

Summarizing Techniques

Summary is a direct to the point narrative or re-telling of a much longer

material, either a story, an essay or any body of knowledge. Here is some helpful
information to help you create an effective summary.

S Summarizing is stating the main idea.

U Utilized by students not just for studying.
M Must include only important details.
M Minimizing number of words from original material.
A Arranged logically to retain original point.
Y Yielding an understandable, shorter piece.

Guidelines in Summarizing

1. Clarify the reason for summarizing before reading.

2. Read the material first while noting important details.
3. If you can write on the material, encircle the key ideas and important details.
4. If you cannot write on the material, note down the key ideas and important
details on your notebook, you may use a bulleted format.
5. Without consulting the original text, connect the bulleted information you wrote
down.

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 6. Re-write this bulleted information in your own words. Stick to the ideas the
details are presenting.
7. Write the sentences in a paragraph form.
8. Compare your summary to that of the original text for checking of accuracy.
9. Create citations and references by using any of the following formats:
a. Idea Heading Format – Summary comes before the citation.
b. Author Heading Format – The author’s name/s comes/come first that the
summary.
c. Date Heading Format – The summary comes before the date when the
original material was published.
10. You may create your own title or copy the original one.

What’s More

Independent Activity 1

This is one technique in summarizing. Let us use the same paragraph. Let us
use the “Someone-Wanted-But-So-Then Technique”. Fill in the table with the needed
information. Use a separate sheet for your answers.

SOMEONE Who is the main character of the story?

WANTED What was the goal of the main character?
BUT What main problem did the main character experience?
SO How did the main character solve the problem?
THEN How did the story end?

Before she became known as Wonder Woman, Diana is the princess of

Themyscira. Daughter of Queen Hippolyta. She grew up sheltered but inside her she
wanted to be like her mother and her mother’s generals. So she was trained by her
mother’s General Antiope, who knew of the prophecy surrounding the true identity of
Diana. When a spy crossed the magic border of the island of the Amazons, Nazi
soldiers fought and killed Antiope which prompted Diana to go with the American spy
to win Ares’ war off all wars. Diana went to onto fight with men, discovering who she
really is, who Ares is and what she can do to win. Diana finally discovered lies of men,
her true identity, her powers and that she can be Wonder Woman.

SOMEONE
WANTED
BUT
SO
THEN

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Independent Assessment 1

Now, connect your answers for Independent Activity #1 in a short paragraph. Make
sure you do not add unnecessary details/ideas. Use a separate sheet.

Independent Activity 2

Read the passage and let us use the S-A-A-C Technique. A sample is given.
Use another sheet of paper for your answer.

When you buy a mobile phone, you have to take care of it. One way to do so is
applying a screen protector to lessen the impact of falling objects on the screen and
result in other damages. In applying the screen protector, clean the surface of your
phone’s screen with a soft cloth to remove any dirt or lint. Once the surface of your
screen is clean, remove the paper backing on the screen protector. Align the screen
protector to the screen of your phone. Evenly apply the sticky side of the screen
protector to your phone’s screen using the least amount of pressure. Smooth out any
air bubble trapped in between the protector and the phone screen using a soft cloth.
Enjoy the added protection and enjoy your gadget.
Author, May 31, 2020

S-A-A-C Technique

Sample:

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 The Boy Who
Cried Wolf

Outcome of repeatedly
lying about seeing
wolves. They ignored Aesop
his cries for help when
there was real danger.

tells

Independent Assessment 2

Using the information in S-A-A-C Technique, create your own summary on a

separate sheet of paper.

Sample:

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Aesop tells us about the outcome of repeatedly
lying about seeing wolves. They ignored his cries for help when there was real
danger.

Independent Activity 3
Let us now use the “Cornell Note Taking” technique which was devised by
Professor Walter Pauk of Cornell University in the 1950’s. Though it is old, it has been
used by many students from then until today.

Tiger sharks got their name due to the dark, vertical stripes found mainly on
young tiger sharks called “Juveniles”. When these sharks mature, the lines begin to
fade and almost disappear. These large, blunt-nosed predators have a duly earned

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reputation as man-eaters because of many reported attacks. They are second only to
the great white sharks in attacking people, but because they are not picky-eaters, they
do not swim away after biting a human like the great whites frequently do. They are
excellent scavengers; they have excellent senses of sight and smell and a nearly
limitless menu of food choice. They have sharp, highly serrated teeth and powerful
jaws that allow them to crack the shells of sea turtles and clams. The stomach contents
of some captured tiger sharks have included stingrays, sea snakes, seals, birds,
squids, and even non-food items like old tires and even license plates.

Pick-out the main points from the paragraph and the evidence or details. Make
sure that you write chronologically. Use a separate sheet of paper for your answer.

TOPIC
MAIN POINTS EVIDENCE AND DETAILS (Chronological)

Independent Assessment 3

What is your favorite MOVIE? Discuss its PLOT using any of the techniques
discussed in this module. Use a separate sheet for your answer.

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 What I Have Learned

Reflect on what you have learned after taking up this lesson by completing the chart
below in 2-3 sentences. Write your answer in your notebook.

What were your I thought…

thoughts or ideas
about the
techniques in
summarizing?

What new or
additional ideas I learned that…
did you learn
after taking up
this lesson?

How did you

I applied…
apply the things
you have learned
about formulating
a statement of
the problem?

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 What I Can Do

Use your INSIGHTS in the What I can Do activity in Lesson 2. Plot the
important points and details in a Cornell Note Taking format.
TOPIC
MAIN POINTS EVIDENCE AND DETAILS (Chronological)

Assessment

On a separate sheet of paper, write TRUE if the statement is correct, and

FALSE if the statement is incorrect.

1. An idea heading format starts with the summary before the citation.
2. In summarizing, we will know the reason after we read the original material.
3. When we connect the bulleted information using our own words, we can go back
to the original material to make sure we are not wrong.
4. When we read closely for details, we need to memorize the details we encounter.
5. A summary should be arranged according to how we understand and remember
the original material.
6. If we were given a task sheet, we can encircle the key ideas and details.
7. When we summarize we need to write by number, in order to arrange the events.
8. Writing a summary should include all details in the original material.
9. Summarizing is stating what happened in less words.
10. Date heading format starts with the summary before the date the summary was
made.

Additional Activities

Choose any ESSAY or ARTICLE and re-write/paste it on a separate sheet of

paper. Determine whether it is academic or non-academic and explain your answers
by including lines as evidences.

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 Answer Key

What’s I Know Assessment

1. X
1. TRUE
2. /
2. FALSE
3. / 3. FALSE
4. / 4. FALSE
5. / 5. FALSE
6. TRUE
7. FALSE
8. FALSE
9. TRUE
10. FALSE

References
Barrot, Jessie and Sipacio, Phillippe John. Communication Today: English for Academic and Professional
Purposes. Quezon City: C&E Publishing, Inc. 2016
Mendoza, Remilyn G. English for Academic and Professional Purposes. Makati: Diwa Learning Systems, In, 2016.
Websites:

AdLit.Org. “All About Adolescent Literacy.” May 31, 2020 .http://www.adlit.org/strategies/21827/

Bales, Kriz.5 Easy Summarizing Strategies for Students.ThoughtCo.

https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-students-4582332. Date Accessed June 1, 2020.

“Module in English for Academic and Professional Purposes.” Accessed May 31, 2020.
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https://www.freepik.com/free-vector/people-carrying-jigsaw-pieces-donut-
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