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Techniques in Summarizing Variety of Academic Text

 Somebody Wanted But So
Somebody Wanted But So Then
(Who is the (What did the (What was the (How was the (Tell how the
text about?) main character problem problem story ends.)
want?) encountered?) solved?)

Rose DeWitt Rose wants her But the ship The problem They didn’t get
Bukater and jack to live they were on, was not solved what they
peacefully. collided with because it was wanted because
the iceberg that too late, the Jack died from
causes the flood water in the keeping Rose
inside the ship. ship was getting safe.
too deep.
After answering the questions, combine the
answers to form a summary.
• Rose DeWitt Bukater, the main character, met someone who’s name is
Jack and they fell in love with each other that they decided to live together
when the ship stopped at their destination, but something tragedy
happened, the ship they’re riding collided with an iceberg that took away
their dream. It cause the ship to sink and start a flood inside, many lives
were taken including Jack’s.
 SAAC Method
State Assign Action Complete
(The name of the (The name of the (What the author is (Complete the
article, book, or author.) doing (example: tells, sentences or summary
story.) explains)) with keywords and
important details.)

Titanic James Cameron Tells The titanic sunk

because of its collision
with an iceberg
Use the four SAAC cues to write out a summary of “Titanic” in
complete sentences:

• “Titanic” by James Cameron tells how did the titanic sunk from its
collision with an iceberg. Later on, the water entered inside the ship and
flooded very deep from the very bottom of the ship causing the deaths of
many people onboard.
 5 W’s, 1 H
Who is the What did they When did the Where did the Why did the How did the
story about? do? action take story happen? main main
place? character do character do
what s/he did? what s/he did?

Rose and Jack They make April 14, 1912 The Titanic Because they They go to the
love Ship love each other basement of
the ship then
they did it
inside an old
car
 First Then Finally
First: They board the titanic and Jack and Rose meet because Jack stopped
Rose from committing suicide.
Then: They fell in love with each other and they spend their time together
and make love secretly from Rose’s fiancé.
Finally: Rose’s fiancé caught Jack and Rose together and instantly tells to
Rose’s fiancé and locked Jack in the basement then the ship collided with an
iceberg. After that, the flood started from the inside and the ship sunk and
then Jack died from the cold of the water.