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STUDENT’S EDUCATIONAL PACKET

ENGLISH for ACADEMIC and PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
Level: Grade 12

1st Quarter - Week Three

MODULE 1 : LESSON 3

VARIOUS TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING A VARIETY OF
ACADEMIC TEXTS
Learning Objectives: At the end of this lesson, the learners are expected to:
1. define summarizing and summary from various writers;
2. identify the various techniques in summarizing; and
3. summarize various academic texts.

I. INTRODUCTION

Suppose you told your friend that you just watched a great film, and your friend asks
what the story is. What would you do? Would you tell the story as it is from the opening
scene to the end credits or would you simply talk about the essential parts of the movie?
You’ll probably agree that the latter is the more practical choice, and you are correct.
More often than not, the gist or the most significant or important part is what is given out
to provide a background, not only in talking about movie plots but also in writing
academic and professional papers.

II. WARM UP TASK:

Task 1: PRE-WRITING ACTIVITY

 Directions: Try to recall one of the novels or short stories you discussed in
one of your previous classes in English; choose one selection out of the several you
tackled throughout your school life. Then, on a separate sheet of paper, try to rewrite
the story using your own words. (ANSWER MAY VARY)

Did you find the retelling of the story difficult? Why or why not?

What strategies did you employ in order to retell the story? Did you find these
strategies helpful? Why or why not?
Essay 2: Why is Education Important in Our Society?
Introduction
Education is more than just learning from books, and it is a shame that a lot of
schools do not see that it is more than just a curriculum and school score. A good
education can teach a child how to learn so that the child may take up independent
learning as an adult. Education may also teach a child how to reason so that a child
does not grow up to be ignorant.
Persuasive point 1:
The biggest selling point for education in our society is the fact that it helps
people learn “how” to learn. It is not about the knowledge they accumulate, it is the
way a child is taught how to “learn” things. A child may come away from school not
knowing a lot of the course, but if that child has been taught how to learn, then that
child may become an adult that learns everything he or she needs in life. Otherwise,
that child may grow up to be a person that cannot see the obvious because he or
she cannot reason and consciously learn new things.
Persuasive point 2
Education teaches people how to reason, and if they are taught how to reason
well, then they help subdue their own thoughts of ignorance. For example, there are
lots of posts and websites on the Internet about childhood vaccinations and how
dangerous they are. Ignorant people than never learned how to reason will look at
them, believe them and support them. If a person is taught how to reason then he or
she will know how to recognize empirical evidence.
Persuasive point 3
That person would look at all the people in the US that have had childhood
injections (most of them) and then look at all the people with autism. They would
reason that if childhood vaccinations caused autism then most of the people in the
US would have autism. If a person is taught how to reason then that person may see
how people that smoke seem more likely to develop emphysema than people that do
not smoke. They would then reason there is a link between smoking and
emphysema. This sort of reasoning can be taught in schools, and if children are not
 taught it then they walk around risking their children’s lives by not vaccinating them,
and walk around smoking because their daddy smoked for years and it never hurt
him.
Persuasive point 4
Conclusion
If education is not seen as important, then one day it will just be all about
school
scores and hitting the factors of a curriculum. There will be a day when children start
to hate learning because school put them off it for life (this already happens in some
cases). Plus, without education teaching people how to reason things out and
teaching them how to separate what is fact from what is faulty evidence, then our
society will become more and more ignorant until a smarter country simply marches
over and takes our country from under out ignorant noses.
Task 3:

Directions: From the essay #2, complete this organizer with persuasive points for each of the paragraphs
following the thesis statement below. Write your answer in your notebook following the format below.

Thesis statement: I will show you the two best reasons why education is important in our society.

A good education can teach a child how to learn so

that the child may take up independent learning as
an adult.

A child may come away from school not knowing a lot of

the course, but if that child has been taught how to learn,
then that child may become an adult that learns

If a person is taught how to reason

then he or she will know how to recognize
empirical evidence.

This sort of reasoning can be taught in schools, and

if children are not taught it then they walk around risking
their children’s lives by not vaccinating them, and walk
around smoking because their daddy smoked for years and
it never hurt him.

If education is not seen as important, then

one day it will just be all about school scores and
hitting the factors of a curriculum.
 IV. EVALUATION: Directions: After identifying the persuasive points, in your
notebook, write a summary of the text.

Education is an important tool that is applied in the contemporary world

to succeed, as it mitigates the challenges which are faced in life. The knowledge
gained through education enables individuals’ potential to be optimally utilized
owing to training of the human mind. This opens doors of opportunities enables
individual to achieve better prospects in career growth. Education has played a
paramount role in the modern industrial world. This is attributed to the fact
prospective employees must be qualified adequately to perform various tasks
effectively. So, the government has a responsibility to provide a good education
services to every citizen without exception (those who have special needs).
Inclusive education is one of education service which will make the next
generation are able to accept and understand all forms of differences and do not
discriminate in the future life or in their social life.

NOTE TO THE TECHER:

You can use the rubric below to rate the summary of the student. Also, decide the scoring of
this activity Thank you.

: Summarizing

Nearing
Proficient Advanced
Proficiency 2 pts 3 pts
1 pts

Accuracy of Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced

information

Some information Almost all of the key All information is

was correct. There pieces of correct and represents
were places that it information are what the original
is evident the correct. contained.
student did not fully
understand what
they had read.

Content clarity Nearing Proficiency Proficient Advanced

It is difficult to The information is All information is clear

understand the clearly written and to understand. There
meaning of what is is understandable. is a connection
written. Many There is a flow to between all ideas
disjointed thoughts. most of the presented and the
VII. ASSIGNMENT
Go back to the reading material that you have in Task 1. Apply the KWL method of reading.

K W L
What I know What I want to know What I have learned