Summary Writing.

Grade 9 IGCSE English

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What exactly are we supposed to do for
summary writing?

• Read the stimulus passage and pick up

the most important points that answer
the question.

• You will be tested for summary writing

in the last part of question 1 in paper 1.

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Marking Bands.

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You need to have 9-10 points. You need to have 7-8 points. You need to have 5-6 points.

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01.
Conventions of
summary writing.

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Do:

• Use a concise, formal, impersonal style

• Consider the word limit given on the exam

paper.

If you write a lot less, you haven‘t included

enough information, if you write a lot more,
you must have included irrelevant
information, repeated points or given your
opinion.

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Don’t:

• Don’t include an introduction or conclusion

• Don’t copy the wording from the passages – the information needs to be the same, but the wording
needs to be different – Use your own words throughout.

• Don’t write using “I” or “you”

• Don’t use informal language or slang

• Don’t add to descriptions using unnecessary adjectives or adverbs.

• Don’t repeat any information – even if a point was made twice in the given passage you should only
make it once.

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Task 1.
• Refer to Coursebook page 110

• Discuss questions 1-6 of ‘One man and his sub’

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Task 2.
• Summary Writing Worksheet