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QUARTER1-
MODULE 3:
USE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES
IN SUMMARIZING A VARIETY
OF ACADEMIC TEXTS
MODULE OBJECTIVE:

By the end of this Module, you will be able to use various techniques in
summarizing a variety of academic texts.

MODULE CONTENT:

I: Introduction to the Lesson

II: Objective
III: Vocabulary List
IV: Pre-test
V: Learning Concepts
VI: Practice Tasks
VII: Post-test
VIII: Assignment

MA. LYKA S. REGORIS

12 STEM-LAVOISIER
Name/Grade & Section
 QUARTER 1: MODULE 3:
USE VARIOUS TECHNIQUES IN SUMMARIZING
A VARIETY OF ACADEMIC TEXTS
WRITTEN ACTIVITY:
Read the learner’s module. Reflect on the content by answering the following questions.

1. What is a summary?
Summary is a shortened or simplified version of an original text using your own words. It
aims to precisely condense a larger work to present only the key ideas.

2. Why is summarizing a significant critical reading skill?

It helps you:
 Deepen your understanding of the text
 Learn to identify relevant information or key ideas
 Combine details or examples that support the main idea and key words
presented in the text
 Capture the key ideas in the text and put them together clearly and concisely

3. What is NOT summarizing?

You are NOT summarizing when you:
 Write down everything
 Write down ideas from the text word-for-word
 Write down incoherent and irrelevant ideas
 Write down ideas that are not stated in the text
 Write down a summary that has the same length or is longer than the original text

4. What are the strategies/techniques in summarizing?

 Finding the main idea
 Separating general ideas from details/examples
 Identifying key words

5. What are the general guidelines in summarizing?

  Clarify your purpose before you read.
 Read the text at least twice until you fully understand its content. Locate the gist
or main idea of the text, which can usually be found either at the beginning, in the
middle, or in the end.
 Highlight key ideas and phrases; another strategy is to annotate the text.
 Write all the key ideas and phrases you identified on the margins or on your
notebook in a bullet or outline form.
 Without looking at the text, identify the connections of these key ideas and
phrases using a concept map.
 List your ideas in sentence form in a concept map.
 Combine the sentences into a paragraph. Use appropriate transitional devices to
improve cohesion.
 Never copy in verbatim a single sentence from the original text.
 Refrain from adding comments about the text. Stick to the ideas it presents.
 Edit the draft of your summary by eliminating redundant ideas.
 Compare your output with the original text to ensure accuracy.
 Record the details of the original source (author’s name/s, date of publication,
title, publisher, place of publishing, and URL, (if online). It is not necessary to
indicate the page number/s of the original text in citing sources in summaries.
 Format your summary properly. When you combine your summaries in a
paragraph, use different formats to show variety in writing.

6. What are the formats in summarizing?

The three formats that you may use in writing summaries are the following:
Idea Heading Format
- In this format, the summarized idea comes before the citation.

Author Heading Format

- In this format, the summarized idea comes after the citation. The author’s name/s
is/are connected by an appropriate reporting verb.

Date Heading Format

- In this format, the summarized idea comes after the date when the material was
published.

PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY:
 1. Now that you have already learned the techniques in understanding a text-getting the main idea, separating
general idea from details, and identifying key words, kindly answer the Practice Tasks 1-3 activities from your
module. Write your answer only.

Practice Task 1
1. C
2. C
3. A

Practice Task 2
Text 1
Reality TV shows are not very realistic because they are filmed in unrealistic places, may
contain restaged events, and may be scripted.
Text 2
The platypus is a strange mammal because it has venom, uses its beak to sense prey, and
lays eggs.

Text 3
The 10,000 Women Initiative helps women entrepreneurs in developing nations to understand
the cornerstones of the business world, overcoming various challenges and helping their
communities and countries.

Practice Task 3
Roger Sipher (1977) makes his case for getting rid of compulsory attendance laws in primary
and secondary schools with six arguments. These fall into three groups—first that education is
for those who want to learn and by including those that don't want to learn, everyone suffers.
Second, that grades would be reflective of effort and elementary school teachers wouldn't feel
compelled to pass failing students. Third, that schools would both save money and save face
with the elimination of compulsory-attendance laws.

ASSIGNMENT:
 Choose your favorite book or movie and write a summary of its plot. Make sure to follow the format below. Write
your summary in a separate sheet of paper.
 Times New Roman, 12
 1.5 Spacing
 1” Margin on all sides
 Short bond paper

REFLECTION:

As you are to leave this module, would you care share some insights you got from the topic, the reading
selections, and the activities? I would really be glad to hear something from you.

Summary is a shortened or simplified version of an original text using your own words. I
learned that when writing a summary it should be in a form of a paragraph. It contains
only the ideas of the original text. A summary begins with an introductory sentence that
state the text’s title, author and the main point of the text.