Summary Writing for DLP

What is the first step in summary writing?

• Read and highlight the key words on the summary question

• Read the passage three times.

• Start answering the summary question.

After the first stage, what next do you have to do?

• Answer the summary question

• Scan through the passage for understanding

• Go back to question 1 of the paper.

You only start answering the question after....

• Reading and understanding the passage

• Reading the passage at least twice, underlining the points and writing them up in your own words when you have time.

• The first reading of the passage

What is a selective summary?

• A shortened version of the original passage.

• Your own version of the passage

• A selection of points that answer the topic given written in a concise and clear manner.

At least how many points should you select from the passage for your summary in the new syllabus?

• 10

• 5

• 15

How many words do we generally write in a summary in the new syllabus?

• 350-450

• 1 page

• 120-150

Qualities of a good summary will include... There is more than one correct answer in this question.

• Re-arranging the points

• Copying words from the passage

• Word limit plus or minus 5 words

• Starting a summary with an introductory sentence

• Ending the summary with a conclusion.

What do you use to make your summary cohesive?

When you write the events you'll want to paraphrase them. Paraphrasing means...

• to list chronologically
• to list objectively
• to reduce to five sentences or less
• to change the wording to your own words

Tags

CCSS.W.8.8

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The Summary of this passage is:

• There are a lot of cows in Texas.
• There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
•  Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
•  There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

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CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2