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Simplify
6th grader
Own language
Passage (question) précis (answer)
2-3 words phrase max upto 3 phrases.
Key word :
ENVY (jealousy)
We will let the key word stay.

What are essentials of a good précis:

1 inch space indentation
Complete meaning
Coherence and connectivity
Your own language
Easy 6th grader

Removal of unnecessary speech:

Quotations
Direct speech- dialogues
No 1st person pronouns or 2nd person:
I
we
you
our
YOUR
Stories/anecdotes
EXAMPLES (PROPER NOUN)
Numbers
ONLY 1 PARAGRAPH IN PRÉCIS.
TENSE PRECIS MUST BE THE SAME AS THE TENSE OF THE PASSAGE.
STUDENTS WERE UNABLE TO REPRODUCE PRECIS IN THE PAST TENSE
2016 XX
2016 PRECIS WAS IN PAST TENSE
2017 PRESENT TENSE

WHAT NOT TO DO IN THE PRECIS:

DO NOT ADD YOUR OWN THOUGHTS.
NO SHORT FORMS
DIDN’T  DID NOT
NO DRAFT ON THE NEAT SIDE
REMOVE IDIOMS/PROVERBS/QUOTATIONS
DO NOT BORROW COMPLETE LINES FROM THE PASSAGE
300/3 = 100 - AVOID EXCEEDING THE PRESCRIBED LENGTH.
100
NO OVER WRITING
NO UNDER WRITING
Human error is allowed
CORRECT ENGLISH NO SPELLING MISTAKES
MAKE A PRECIS OF 120 WORDS (human error allowed)
MAKE A PRECIS OF THE FOLLOWING PASSAGE.
10 MILLION PEOPLE DIED IN WORLD WAR I AND WORLD WAR II.

NO PROPER NOUNS MUST BE WRITTEN IN THE PRESCIS EXCEPT KEYWORDS.

Key word always stays even if it is a proper noun
CHEROKEE IT STAYS IN THE PRECIS.

COUNTING:

3 TIMES
CHOOSE 1 LINE
COUNT WORDS IN ONE LINE ( 10 WORDS )
COUNT TOTAL NUMBER OF LINES IN
30 LINES
30 X 10= APPROX 300 WORDS
30 X 11 = approx. 330 words

PASSAGE (I DID NOT COUNT THE HALF SENTENCES AT THE END OF A PARAGRAPH)
300+ 6 = 306 words

Articles counted
A, the are 2 words
Mother-in-law (compound word , this is one word)
Sassi’s book (2 words)

COUNT HALF LINES MANUALLY

PRECIS: 306/3 = 102

Round off:
304 /3 = 101.3 = 101
(101.8 = 102 words)

Counting words in precis

Count each and every word of précis (A THE)

100 WORDS PRÉCIS needed
101 (MENTION THE EXACT NUMBER OF WORDS)
-5 +5 WORDS
95 --- 100 ---- 105
115 ----- 120 ----- 125

WORDS IN PASSAGE: APPROX 300

WORDS REQUIRED: 100
WORDS IN PRÉCIS: 101 WORDS

THERE WERE DOGS, CATS, HENS, DUCKS, GEESE, SPARROWS AND PIGS BARKING,
SQUEALING, CHIRPING, CROWING, QUACKING AND GROWLING ALL OVER THE FARM YARD.

-animals
Birds
farmyard

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE:
I FEEL THAT THE AMBITION WHICH WE PREACH AND THE SUCCESS FOR WHICH WE PREPARE
ARE VERY OFTENNOTHING BUT A MISSING OF A SIMPLE ROAD, A TROUBLED
WANDERING AMONG THORN BY PATHS AND DARK MOUNTAINS.

I FEEL THAT THE AMBITION AND THE SUCCESS WHICH WE AIM FOR, OFTEN TAKES US AWAY
FROM THE RIGHT PATH AND INVOLVES DIFFICULTIES.

THE PATH WE OFTEN CHOOSE FOR OUR SUCCESS AND AMBITION IS OFTEN WRONG AND
DIFFICULT.

BUT

I WE OUR YOUR you

THE AUTHOR IS OF THE OPINION THAT

THE AUTHOR STATES
ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR
THE AUTHOR FEELS THAT
AS PER THE AUTHOR
THE AUTHOR BELIEVES

(I) The author FEELs THAT THE AMBITION AND THE SUCCESS WHICH (we)they AIM
FOR, OFTEN TAKES them (us) AWAY FROM THE RIGHT PATH AND INVOLVES
DIFFICULTIES/ it is often wrong and difficult.
Gender of author = He (universal gender)

THE HAND THAT ROCKED THE CRADLE AND BROUGHT THE KIDS UP HAD KICKED THE
BUCKET.
The mother had died/ the mother of the kids had died.

We are going to add “the author” mostly when we have i.

I SAY, “FIRST WE DESPISED LITERATURE, NOW WE AS A NATION ARE LOSING CULTURE.”

 THE AUTHOR SAYS THAT THEY HATED LITERATURE WHICH HAS RESULTED IN LOSING
THEIR CULTURE.

 The author says that they hated their literature because of which now they are losing
their culture, as a nation.

 The author says that they are losing culture as they hated literature.

My way:
FULL 3 TIMES READING
Read 1 sentence.
Understand it
Remove the NOT needed stuff
Convert it into your local language (in
your minds)
CONVERT IT BACK INTO ENGLISH
Answer sheet’s back side
Rough work
1. Sdihfsdfhijijdfjif
2. Kdjssdhfujdhfushfhf
3. sdfdjhfukdhf

CULTURE IN HUMAN SOCIETIES, HAS TWO MAIN ASPECTS; AN EXTERNAL, FORMAL ASPECT
AND AN INNER IDEOLOGICAL ASPECT.

INSAANO KI SOCIETY MEIN CULTURE KAY ANDROONI AUR BEROONI HISSAY/pehlu HEIN.
(in your minds)

1. IN HUMAN SOCIETY, THE CULTURE HAS INNER AND OUTER ASPECTS/SIDES/FACETS

THE EXTERNAL FORMS OF CULTURE, SOCIAL OR ARTISTIC ARE AN ORGANIZED EXPRESSION

OF ITS INNER IDEOLOGICAL ASPECT AND BOTH ARE INHERENT COMPONENETS OF A GIVEN
SOCIAL STRUCTURE.
CULTURE KA BEROONI PEHLU ANROONI PEHLU KAY OOPER BASE KARTA HAI HAI AUR DONO
MIL KAR SOCIAL STRUCTURE BANATAY HEIN.

2. THE OUTER ASPECT IS AN OUTCOME OF THE INNER ASPECT AND THEY together
CONSTITUTE/ MAKE /FORM A SOCIAL STRUCTURE.

or

External aspect of culture is based on internal aspect and both forms of culture are essential
part of social structure

Connectivity?

1. IN HUMAN SOCIETY, THE CULTURE HAS INNER AND OUTER ASPECTS.

2. THE OUTER ASPECT IS ROUGHLY AN OUTCOME OF THE INNER ASPECT AND THEY
together CONSTITUTE/ MAKE /FORM A SOCIAL STRUCTURE.

Back side all sentences are completed

Count the number of words (100) 95-105
107 = the
126 words = least imp (nikalnay kay baad bhi fark nahi paray ga)
1 & 2 = COMBINE SHORT PRECIS:

1. IN HUMAN SOCIETY, THE CULTURE HAS INNER AND OUTER ASPECTS.

2. THE OUTER ASPECT IS ROUGHLY AN OUTCOME OF THE INNER ASPECT AND THEY
together CONSTITUTE/ MAKE /FORM A SOCIAL STRUCTURE. (34 words)

IN HUMAN SOCIETY THE OUTER ASPECT OF CULTURE IS DEPENDANT ON INNER ASPECT AND
BOTH FORM A SOCIAL STRUCTURE. (19 words)

OR CUT ANY LEAST IMPORTANT SENTENCE.

THE SHORT DIL.

Rough side number of words poora karna hai.

(words needed)

NEAT SIDE- TITLE, INDENT, 1 PARA PRÉCIS, NUMBER OF WORDS.

TITLE :
 1. KEY WORD MUST BE A PART OF TITLE
2. ON TOP
3. CENTRE OF LINE
4. SUGGESTED TITLES XXX
5. CANNOT BE A PROVERB OR QUOTE
6. 3-6 WORDS
7. PHRASE
THERE IS DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN XX
Democracy in Pakistan

8. No 1 word title

9. With a marker/POINTER
10. No punctuation mark at the end NOTHING AT ALL
?!.“
Democracy in Pakistan

11. Punctuation in middle is allowed

Democracy: pros and cons

12. No inverted commas XXXX

“Democracy in Pakistan”

13. No underlining

14. No total capitalization uppercase

DEMOCRACY IN PAKISTAN XX
Democracy in Pakistan
Democracy in a state

Democracy in a State  OK

15. No heading of title

Title: Aspects of culture XXXX

Busy people and their activities

16. ** DO NOT BE A PHILOSOPHER IN MAKING YOUR TITLE.

Homework: CSS 2016

-I started with stories of 10th class

- Sample précis below: