Summary Lesson Check

What is summary writing?

• Rewriting a writing

• Restating main ideas using your own words

• Rewriting and giving your opinion about a writing

• Adding up others ideas

Why do we summarize?

• To shorten something
• Because we are lazy.
• To better understand, show understanding, & provide context
• Because we want to understand it.

True of false? Summarizing requires critical reading skills.

• True
• False

Which are KEYs to good summaries? (Select ALL correct answers)

• Concision-be brief

• Include all information of original

• Use your own words

• Analyze the text

How do we start a summary? The first sentence should include...

• The main idea

• The author of the text

• My view of the text

• Author, title, & main idea

True or False? Details are not typically included in a summary.

• True

• False

Why refer to the author regularly in a formal summary?

• To tell the author's story

• To practice signal phrases

• To show link between author and ideas

• To improve my response writing