presentation of summarizing course composition 1

1. Presentation
SUMMARIZING:

2. Summarizing: what is it?
 Summarizing is taking A large selection of text and then reducing it
to smaller piece
 Summarizing is finding the main idea of the text.
 Summarizing is also finding the supporting details of the main idea.
 In other words, summarizing is retelling only the important parts of
the story in your words

3. What are we doing when we summarize
 We are talking all the ‘’ extra words’’ out of the story or text
 We look for key words or phrases that will still tell someone about
what you have read.
 A summary should never be longer than the story!
 Summaries are a lot shorter than the original story or text.

4. Summarizing: example?
 Here is a summary of the little pigs:
 The three little pigs is about three pigs and a wolf. The wolf blows
down two of the pigs’ houses because he wants to eat them. He
doesn't blow down the brick house, because it is too strong. He
doesn't get to eat the pigs.

5. Types of summarizing:
 (a) extractive summarizing:
Source text: peter and Elizabeth took a taxi attend the night party in the city, while the party,
Elizabeth collapsed and was rushed to the hospital.
Summary: peter and Elizabeth attend party city, Elizabeth rushed hospital.
 (b) abstractive summarizing
Source text: peter and Elizabeth took a taxi to attend the night party in the city, while the
party, Elizabeth collapsed and was rushed to the hospital.
Summary: Elizabeth was hospitalized after attending a party with peter.

6. Purpose of summarizing:
 summarizing is to briefly present the key points of a
theory or work in order to provide context for your
argument/thesis. Read the work first to understand the
author's intent. This is a crucial step because an
incomplete reading could lead to an inaccurate
summary.

7. What should happen in summarizing?
 Students should pull out the main idea
 Students should focus on the key details about that idea.
 Students should use key words or phrases.
 We should write down just enough to tell someone about they have
read.

8. Conclusion:
Summarizing is vital to reading
comprehension because it serves as a
way to make sure we understood what
we have read.