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Activity 3
Directions: Try to recall one of the novels or short
stories you discusses in one of your previous
classes in English; choose one selection out of the
several you tackled throughout your school life.
Then, on your notebook, try to rewrite the story
using your own words.
• Little Red Riding Hood
• The Tortoise and the Hare
• The Three Little Pigs
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• The Ant and the Grasshopper
 Techniques in
Summarizing
Variety of Academic
Text
LESSON 4
Techniques in Summarizing Academic
Texts

Summarizing
is how we take larger selections of
text and reduce them to their bare
essentials: the gist, the key ideas, the
main points that are worth noting and
remembering.
Techniques in Summarizing
Academic Texts
Summarizing
Webster's calls a summary the
"general idea in brief form"; it's the
distillation, condensation, or reduction
of a larger work into its primary
notions.
 B AS I C
R UL E S :
A. Erase things that don’t
matter.
Delete trivial material that is
unnecessary to understanding.
 B AS I C
R UL E S :
B. Erase things that repeat.

Delete redundant material. In

note taking, time and space is
precious. n down, then don’t
write it again!
 B AS I C
R UL E S :
B. Erase things that repeat.

If a word or phrase says

basically the same thing you have
already written down, then don’t
write it again!
 B AS I C
R UL E S :
C. Trade, general terms for
specific names.
Substitute superordinate terms
for lists.
Example:
flowers for daisies
tulips for roses
 B AS I C
R UL E S :
C. Trade, general terms for
specific names.
Focus on the big picture. Long,
technical lists are hard to
remember. If one word will give
you the meaning, then less is
more.
 B AS I C
R UL E S :
D. Use your own words to write
the summary.
Write the summary using your
own words but make sure to
retain the main points.
 TECHNIQUES:

1. Somebody Wanted But So.

-this strategy helps students
generalize, recognize cause and
effect relationships, and find main
ideas.
Little Red Riding Hood wanted to take cookies to
her sick grandmother, but she encountered a wolf.
He got to her grandmother’s house first and
pretended to be the old woman. He was going to
eat Little Red Riding Hood, but she realized what
he was doing and ran away, crying for help. A
woodsman heard the girl’s cries and saved her
from the wolf.
TECHNIQUES:

2. SAAC Method.
-this method is particularly helpful in
summarizing any kind of text.
-it is an acronym for “State, Assign,
Action, Complete
"The Boy Who Cried Wolf," by Aesop (a
Greek storyteller), tells what happens when a
shepherd boy repeatedly lies to the villagers
about seeing a wolf. After a while, they
ignore his false cries. Then, when a wolf
really does attack, they don’t come to help
him.
 TECHNIQUES:

3. 5 W's, 1 H.
-this technique relies on six crucial
questions: who, what, when where, why,
and how.
-these questions make it easy to identify
the main character, important details, and
main idea.
"Tortoise got tired of listening to Hare
boast about how fast he was, so he
challenged Hare to a race. Even though
he was slower than Hare, Tortoise won
by keeping up his slow and steady pace
when Hare stopped to take a nap.
 TECHNIQUES:

4. First Then Finally.

-this technique helps students
summarize events in chronological
order.
First: What happened first? Include the
main character and main event/action. Then:
What key details took place during the
event/action?
Finally: What were the results of the
event/action?
First, Goldilocks entered the bears' home
while they were gone. Then, she ate their
food, sat in their chairs, and slept in their
beds. Finally, she woke up to find the
bears watching her, so she jumped up and
ran away.
 TECHNIQUES:

5. Give Me the Gist.

-this type of techniques is like giving a
friend the gist of a story. In other
words, they want a summary – not a
retelling of every details, events in
chronological order.
 THESIS
STATEMENT OF
AN ACADEMIC
TEXT
LESSON 5
What is thesis statement?

- is
a short statement
which provides an
insight into what the
essay is going to be
about.
 Thesis statement?
• The main argument or point to
be discussed.
• The purpose of the essay.

• The point of view of the author

on a specific topic.
POSITION:
A thesis statement takes a
clear stance on a topic,
presenting an argument about
it.
PLACEMENT:

Generally, the thesis

statement is placed at the end
of the introduction of an
essay.
EVIDENCE-
BASED:
The thesis statement doesn’t
include evidence, but it needs
to be supported by evidence
in the essay.
Elements of a Thesis
Statement

1. Topic. The topic of your paper.

2. Argument/Claim. This depends on the
type of paper you are writing. If it is an
argumentative paper, then this should
express your opinion. If it is a research or
explanatory paper, this should explain the
purpose of your paper.
Elements of a Thesis
Statement

3. Evidence. The support for your

argument/claim.
 Example 1:
(argumentative)

1. Topic – The Harry Potter book series

2. Argument – stole many fantastical
elements from The Lord of the Rings
series
3. Evidence – giant spiders, dangerous
hooded undead creatures (Dementors
and Nazgul), and a wise mentor.
The Harry Potter book series stole many
fantastical elements from the Lord of the
Rings series. Some of the uncanny
similarities include giant spiders,
dangerous hooded undead creatures, and
a wise mentor that the hero must learn to
survive without.
 Example 2:
(Research/explanatory)

1. Topic – Cheese
2. Argument – has healthy tendencies
3. Evidence – calcium helps bones and
teeth, boosts the growth of good
bacteria in the gut, and the protein
helps cells repair themselves
Research has shown that cheese has
healthy tendencies because its calcium
provides necessary nutrients for the
growth of bone and teeth, it boosts the
growth of food bacteria in the gut, and it
has protein that helps cells repair
themselves.
 OUTLININ
G
LESSON 6
 What is outlining?
-is a tool we use in the writing
process to help organize our ideas,
visualize our paper's potential
structure, and to further flesh out and
develop points. It allows the writer to
understand how he or she will connect
information to support the thesis
statement and the claims of the paper.
 What is outlining?
-it is a helpful guide in organizing
your paper. Outlines give a visual
structure to your work and are used to
show relationships and hierarchies
within your content.
-to outline, you must create a linear,
organized plan for your paper that
shows the main ideas that you will
discuss as well as their relationships
within the paper.
Organizing your idea in
an outline

• Begin by answering the question that

leads to your thesis statement.
• Use the two or three main ideas from this
technique as your main heading.
• Write subtopics for each main idea.
• Write the supporting details for each of
the subtopics.
 Use various outlines
based on the structure
you prefer

• Sentence outline – Using complete

sentences as entries.
• Topic outline – Using words and
phrases as entries.
• Paragraph outline – Using
paragraphs as entries.
Guidelines in Writing an
Outline:

• Place the title at the center above the

outline.
• Every level of the outline must have at
least two items (I and II, A and B, 1 and 2).
• Put a period after each numeral and letter.
• Indent each new level of the outline.
Guidelines in Writing an
Outline:

• All items of one kind (roman numerals,

capital letters, Arabic numerals) should line
up with each other.
• Capitalize the first letter of each item.
• The terms Introduction, Body, and
Conclusion do not have to be included in the
outline. They are not topics; they are merely
organizational units in the writer ’s mind.
Basic outline form
Example Sentence
Outline
Example Sentence
Outline
Example Sentence
Outline
Example of Topic
Outline

Several aspects must be considered in

writing a topic outline.
1 . Recall that all headings and subheadings must
be words or phrases, not sentences.
2. Also, the wording within each division must be
parallel.
3. Finally, as in any outline, remember that a
division or subdivision cannot be divided into one
part; therefore, if there is an "A" there must be a
"B," and if there is a "1" there must be a "2."
Example of Topic
Outline
THAN
K
YOU!