Summarizing key

Information
 Summarize a text.
Identify the difference between
paraphrasing and summarizing.
Write summary through guideposts.
summary
Brief statement that presents the most
important points of an original material.
 Retell a story.
Summary present
essential ideas
Paraphrasing
Vs
Summarizing
 Paraphrasing
Restating someone else’s work or
idea in your own words at
roughly the same level of details.
 summarizing
Involves putting the main ideas of
a certain work into your own words,
including only a big picture or the
main ideas.
Summarizing
• main idea

• key information

• supporting details
 Main Idea
central point
 My cheeseburger looks very tasty! It has juicy
pickles, melted cheese, and ketchup is oozing
down the sides. I can’t wait to chomp into it and
taste every delicious bite
Key information
Important pieces of evidence,
examples and explanation that
support the main idea.
My cheeseburger looks very tasty! It
has juicy pickles, melted cheese, and
ketchup is oozing down the sides. I
can’t wait to chomp into it and taste
every delicious bite.
Important Guidelines when
writing a summary
Writing a summary
• A summary should be based on the original piece.
• A summary should be kept short and simple.
• Use your own words.
• Know the main ideas or the key information in
what you are summarizing.
• keep the objectivity.
• A summary must be comprehensive.
• A summary needs to be concise.
• Coherence is a key feature of a good summary.
Scanning
skimming
• to identify key ideas.
• note-taking graphic
organization.
Activity time
Tell whether which ones are true about
summarizing or should be followed as guide
when summarizing a given material. Write
AGREE or DISAGREE.
Disagree 1, A summary should have the same
length as the original text.
Agree 2. A good summary is objective.
Disagree 3. A summary is just another term a
paraphrase.
Disagree 4. A summary does not include the
central ideas of the original mate.
Agree 5. A good summary includes the writer’s
personal opinion about the topic.
Disagree 6. Includes personal opinions when
summarizing key information.
Agree 7. Maintain coherence when writing a
summary.
Disagree 8. Include only the supporting details in your
summary.
9. Use graphic organizers to maintain the
Agree
good flow of ideas while draft.
10. include all important ideas from the
Agree
original text.