Summarization

What is “summarizing”? Summarizing is how we take larger selections of text and reduce them to their bare essentials: the key ideas the main points that are worth noting and remembering

What we USUALLY do write down everything give complete sentences write way too much don't write enough copy word for word

WRONG What we USUALLY do write down everything give complete sentences write way too much don't write enough copy word for word WRONG

RIGHT WAY pull out main ideas focus on key details use key words and phrases break down the larger ideas write only enough to convey the gist take succinct but complete notes

The Cookie Cutter Formula In "Title of the Piece,” the author shows that: central idea of the piece.  The author supports the main idea by using _____________________ and showing that ______________________________________________________.

Strategy #1: Selective Underlining Underline important words, descriptions, and phrases Write summary and ONLY check underlining terms if you get stuck

Strategy #2: The Pyramid Step One: Write a 50 word summary Step Two: Write a 25 word summary Step Three: Write a sentence summary

Strategy #3: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How? Simply write these words on a sheet of paper and as short as possible... Answer.

Strategy #4: Headless Stories Read an article and come up with three possible titles

Strategy #5: Texting You do this already! Twitter uses only 140 characters Texting deletes the possibility of a 5 minute conversation

Activity: What’s the Acronym?