ENGLISH 5

I. Objectives
a. Define summary and summarizing
b. State the importance of summarizing
c. Follow the steps in writing a summary
d. Write the summary of the given passage

II. Subject Matter: Summarizing (teaching cards)

III. Procedure

Summary – a single-paragraph shortening of all the main ideas in a longer

passage.
- a shortened version of a longer piece of reading.

Summarizing – is a powerful technique in which you present an author’s most

important information in shortened form.
-- helps you record and remember the most important information.
-- can help you recall the key events in a story.

Steps in writing a summary

1. Read the story.

2. Take notes as you read so that you have to refer to them when finalizing your
summary.
3. Find the main characters. Know who the story is about.
4. Note down the setting.
5. Note the main events. You don’t need to note down every single thing that the
character does.
6. Note the conclusion.
 Tips in writing a summary

1. Read the text passage at least twice.

2. Read each paragraph to determine what is most important in it.
3. Rewrite the main ideas in your own words as briefly as possible.
4. Write the paraphrased main ideas in the same order the author presents the
main ideas.
5. Use transition words as needed to show how the ideas are linked. Examples of
transition words are in addition, moreover, first, next, then, finally, however,
therefore, etc.
6. Give your summary the same title as the title of the material you are
summarizing.

Strategy for Narrative Summary:

Somebody (identify the character/s)

Wanted (describe/identify the character’s goal)
But (describe a conflict that hinders the character)
So (describe how the character reacts to the conflict)
Then (describe the resolution of the conflict.

Somebody Wanted But So Then

The Big Bad pigs for dinner they hid in the the wolf went the pigs
Wolf brick house hungry celebrated.
Anne Frank to hide from the someone she died in a her story was
Nazis turned her in concentration shared with the
camp world.
Thomas Edison to invent the his light bulb it later led to the the electronics
incandescent blackened electron tube industry was
lamp born.

IV. Evaluation: Please see attached worksheets.

V. Assignment: to follow