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Quarter 2- Module 5

Summarize Key Information

from a Text
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Quarter 2- Module 5 Summarize
Key Information from a Text

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Introductory Message
Welcome to the English Grade 7 Alternative Delivery Mode (ADM) Module on
summarizing key information from a given text.
This module was collaboratively designed, developed and reviewed by
educators both from public and private institutions to assist you, the teacher or
facilitator in helping the learners meet the standards set by the K to 12
Curriculum while overcoming their personal, social, and economic constraints
in schooling.
This learning resource hopes to engage the learners into guided and
independent learning activities at their own pace and time. Furthermore, this
also aims to help learners acquire the needed 21st century skills while taking
into consideration their needs and circumstances.

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 What I Need to Know

This module was crafted and written with you in mind. It is here to help you master the
lesson in summarizing key information from a given text. The scope of this module permits it
to be used in many different learning situations. The language used recognizes the diverse
abilities of students to learn concepts. The lessons are arranged in line with the standards of
the course. But the order in which you read them can be changed to correspond with the
textbook you are now using.

The module discusses two topics, namely:

1. Summarizing key ideas from a text.
2. Finding the topic sentence and main idea of a text.

After going through this module, you are expected to:

1. Identify the main idea of a text.
2. Extract key points in a text.
3. Summarize a text using the given strategies.

Instructions
1. Do not write anything in this module. All answers will be written in your
notebook or a separatepaper.
2. Read each item carefully. Expect that all instructions provided are simple and
easy to follow.
3. After answering each activity, refer to the self-check page at the back part of
the module to find out your progress of learning.
You may now start your journey. Enjoy!
 What I Know

This part of the module will assess what you know and what you need to know
about the lesson.

Pre-Assessment
Directions: Read and understand carefully the questions below about the information in the module.
Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on your paper.
1. What is summarizing?
a. to restate in other words.
b. brief but comprehensive information.
c. formulating someone else’s ideas in your own word.
d. express the most important ideas or facts of a text in a short and clear form.
2. What strategy is employed when you condense information into short sentences without
missing the main idea and significant details?
a. evaluating
b. judging
c. predicting
d. summarizing

3. While reading, if I do not know what I have read, or something is not clear, I should

a. write “I don’t know” on my notes.

b. keep reading, I want to finish first.
c. go back and reread to find my answers.
d. keep reading, maybe I will understand later.

4. What does a summary have?

a. longer version of the original.
b. shorter version of the original.
c. rewritten version of the original.
d. opinionated version of the original.

5. Which of the following statements about summarizing is true?

a. The summary is what the text is mostly about.

b. The summary contains detailed information in the text.
c. The summary is an idea that is true but is not in the text
d. The summary is always found at the beginning of the text.
6. How should you write a summary?

a. in your own words and in complete sentences.

b. in codes so you are the only one who decodes.
c. in a long paragraph copying the original text.
d. in phrases and fragments without punctuations.

7. What are the two reading techniques that you will use in order to be able to get a quick
summary of a text?

a. Searching and scanning

b. Searching and skimming
c. Skimming and scanning
d. Skipping and searching

8. All are guidelines in summarizing a text except

a. Read the passage.

b. A summary is written in own words.
c. Do not use technical language in summarizing the text.
d. Make a note of keywords, main points or arguments and topic sentence.

9. Where do you usually find the main idea of a text?

a. end c. beginning
b. middle d. second paragraph

10. What is the best summary for this text?

Happy to let you know You

make me glow
I feel so good, it’s true So
glad that I have you You
love me so
Now all is bright

Excerpt from the song

“Glowing inside”
By Nikki Gil

a. The singer is thankful.

b. The singer is glad for a bright day
c. The singer is thankful for making her glow
d. The singer is glad and thankful for somebody who loves her so.
 1 Summarizing key ideas
from a text.
This lesson was designed and written with you in mind. It is here to help you
understand the lesson on Summarizing Key Ideas from a text EN6Ol-IVj-3.6.

What’s In

In your previous lesson, you have learned how to use websites and newspapers as sources
of information in your research topic.
Let us try to recall what you have learned.
Activity 1. Here are facts of how a virus infects our bodies.
Directions: Re arrange the given information to form a coherent and cohesive paragraph.

The host cell dies while the virus continues to duplicate itself and moves into
more cells. Now, the body begins to get sick.

The virus will attack the cell in our body in order to duplicate itself and keep
itself away from the immune system.

The virus enters our body through the nose, mouth, eyes, or breaks into our
skin pores.

To stop the spread of the virus, the immune system protects the body from
virus attack upon entry. Also, during this time, the immune system adapts to
the viral infection, so that the virus won’t cause any other diseaseagain.
Taking antiviral medications also helps protect our body from viral diseases

Once the virus enters the body, it infects a host cell by injecting its genetic
material.

Source: njhealth.org
 What’s New
As a Grade 7 student, you are fond of watching Disney Movies. One of the
movies you watched is “Mulan: Rise of a Warrior.” After watching it, you went to your
friends and re-told the story to them. Below is your version of the movie.

To save her ailing father from serving in the

Imperial Army, a fearless young woman, Mulan
(Ming- Na Wen) takes his spot disguises herself as a
man to battle northern invaders in China.
She cleverly impersonates a man and goes off to
train with fellow recruits. Guided by her guardian
Phoenix, a legendary and mystical bird, she uses her
energy and wit to help ward off a Rouran warriors’
invasion under the leadership of Bori Khan and a
witch. She falls in love with one of her comrades
and saves the Emperor’s kingdom from the hands of
the invaders.

Process Activity:

1. What is the text all about?

2. What important details are mentioned in thetext?

3. In order to shorten the 3-hour movie, what did the storyteller do?
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 What is It

Summary
Remember:
A summary is condensed, or shortened, retelling of a longer work. This

can be a movie, book, play, long poem, and other form of media. The aim of a

summary is to give the main idea or central ideas of a written piece.

Here are simple guidelines in summarizing

 Read the texts quickly for main ideas(skim).

 Look again at the passages to ensure you have all the main ideas (scan).

 Underline the most important words (markings).

What’s More
 Write down the keywords in simple sentences.

 Compare the original text with yours to ensure you have all the

essential information.
Activity 1
What are Main Idea and Key Points?

The main idea is what the text is about. The information that are used to
support the main idea is what we called the key points. Key points may be developed or
elaborated with supporting details.
 Finding the Topic Sentence and
Main Idea of a Text
Find the topic sentence and main idea of the given paragraph below:

Paragraph 1.

Not only is smoking cigarettes a disgusting and smelly habit, it’s also extremely bad for
your health. It has been proven to cause cancer, lung disease, and heart disease, and to
weaken your immune system. Smoking makes it a lot harder to breathe, which means it’s
difficult to play sports and get the exercise you need to stay healthy. It is also harmful for
those hanging around a smoker, because they breathe the smoky air. Even though most
people are aware of how bad smoking is for them, more than 1,000 people die each day
from its effect.

(www.cdc.gov>tobacco>data_stat.)

Here are the steps to follow in finding the Topic Sentence and Main Ideas of a
text.
Step 1. First, let’s identify the topic sentence in
the paragraph.
 In the paragraph above, we can see that the topic sentence is found at the
beginning sentence of the paragraph.

 Not only is smoking cigarettes a disgusting and smelly

habit, it’s also extremely bad for your health.

 Next, to get the main idea of a paragraph, identify the topic or the subject of
the paragraph. It is the general subject or theme that the paragraph above is
discussing. The topic is smoking specifically, cigarette smoking.
 Topic Main Idea

Cigarette Smoking

Step 2. In finding the main idea, get and combine the important information.
Ask yourself, what point does the author wants to convey?
 Here we’re going to use skimming. Skimming is helpful in finding what words
are repeated and what idea the author is trying to stress, or figure- out
based from the details of theparagraph.

Details of the paragraph Main Idea

Not only is smoking cigarettes a Dangerous/bad to

disgusting and smelly habit, it’s also your health
extremely bad for your health. It has
been proven to cause cancer, lung
disease, and heart disease, and to
weaken your immune system. Smoking
makes it a lot harder to breathe.

 Here we can see that the idea the writer wants to convey is that
smoking is bad for your health.
 You can tell this from the detail of the paragraph, that smoking causes cancer, heart
and lung diseases, weak immune system, that make it hard to breathe and make you
sick.
Example summary of the text (Paragraph 1)

Topic: Cigarette Smoking

Main Idea: Dangerous/bad to your health
Supporting key information: Smoking cigarettes is a disgusting and smelly habit, it’s also
extremely bad for your health. It has been proven to cause cancer, lung disease, and heart
disease, and weakens your immune system. Smoking makes it a lot harder to breathe and
makes you sick.

Therefore:

Topic Main Idea

Cigarette Smoking Smoking is bad/dangerous to

your health.

Bonus tips: Mostly the main idea is at the first part of a paragraph or article, but it can
be stated anywhere in a piece of text. Sometimes, it’s in the second or third paragraph,
and sometimes it will come at the very end as a conclusion.
Step 3. Reread the text and go back to it a few times to get a better
understanding of what’s being discussed (scanning).

Just like this example taken from a news article:

Paragraph 2

When we can, it’s important to carpool, use public transportation like buses and trains,
ride a bike, or walk instead of driving a car. These things release fewer dangerous toxins
into the air. You may not realize it, but air pollution is becoming a bigger problem every
day. It is terribly damaging to the environment and the air we breathe. For this reason, we
should try to cut back on harmful emissions. One of the best ways to reduce air pollution
is to use methods of transportation that are less harmful to environment.

Example summary of the text (Paragraph 2):

Topic: Air Pollution

Main Idea: Driving cars less helps reduce air pollution
Supporting key information: Ride a bike, or walk instead of driving a car. We should try to
cut back on harmful emissions. One of the best ways to reduce pollution is to use
methods of transportation that are less harmful to environment.
Therefore:
Topic Main Idea

Air Pollution Driving cars less

helps reduce air
pollution

Here’s another example of the original version of a text and summary

Lessons One can Learn About Life from A Dog

There are so many lessons one can learn about life from a dog. Imagine this scenario; it is
raining outside and you need to leave for someone’s house. The dog is up and eager, to go with you.
You tell it to stay home.
As you leave, you see it squeezing out through the gap in the
doorway. You scold it and order it back home. Then at every turn
you make, you suddenly see it following you sheepishly at a
distance. I t follows at the risk of being reprimanded for the sore
reason of being somewhere nearby. How else can we experience
so selfless an instance of love and faithfulness? We can learn a
lifelong lesson from this sincere warm display of perpetual
companionship.
Observe the eating habits of your dog. It does not eat, except
when hungry. It does not drink, unless it is thirsty. It does not
gorge itself. It stops eating when it has had enough.
A dog also sets a perfect example of adaptability. If it is
moved to a strange place, it is able to adapt itself to that place
and to its
thousand peculiarities without a murmur of complaint. It is able to learn and adapt to a new
family’s
ways and customs. It is quick and ready to please. Man, being accustomed to comfort and
wealth will be lost if suddenly stripped of all he is accustomed to.
 A dog also teaches us a thing or two about unselfish love. When a dog knows death is
approaching. It tries, with its last vestige of strength, to crawl away elsewhere to die, in order to
burden its owners no more.
A dog does things with all vigor. However, when there is nothing to do, it lies down and rests.
It does not waste its strength and energy needlessly. Many working people are burning the candles at
both ends. Many suffer nervous breakdowns due to stress. Perhaps, they should learn to rest like a dog
does.
A dog above all is truly man’s best friend.

Summary

Dog can teach us many lessons of life. It can teach us through its acts of love and
faithfulness, endangering itself just to accompany you. We can also learn from its eating
habits. It will never over- indulge and knows which food to avoid. Dogs are also able to adapt
to its surroundings quickly without complaining as compared to man who complains at the
slightest change. Dogs are also unselfish, choosing not to burden his loved ones but to go
away and die. Dogs also know when to work and when to play. They do not waste their
efforts unnecessarily like some of us do at work. Thus, dogs can set great examples through
their day to day living.

Source: DepED English 7; www.englishdaily626.com/summary.php?023

 What’ More

Activity 1. Identifying Supporting Details and Topic Sentence

Directions: Read each pair of sentences. Write TS for Topic Sentence next to the sentence that
would make a good topic sentence. Write SD for Supporting Detail next to the sentence that
would make a good supporting detail. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper.

1. The house on the corner is beautiful inside.

The kitchen has recently been remodeled.
2. He never jumps up on anyone.
Akuma is a very well-behaved dog.
3. Gardening is very good for you.
You get a lot of exercise working in the
garden.

4. Kari’s birthday party was a lot of fun.

We played games and won prizes.
5. We spend all day Saturday cleaning.
It was a very busy weekend.
6. Having a backyard pool is a lot of
work.
You must continually monitor the
water quality.
(www.EasyTeacherWorksheets.com)

Activity 2: Cross the detail that does

not support the topic sentence.
7. TOPIC SENTENCE: It is easy to
reupholster a stool at home.
A. Stools come in very handy in the
kitchen.
B. Choose a stool with a removeable
seat.
C. Remove the old fabric from the stool
seat.
D. Use a staple gun to fasten the new
2. TOPIC SENTENCE: Self-publishing is easy and inexpensive.
A. There are many publishing platforms online to choose from.
B. On many publishing platforms you can set up your files for free.
C. Self- publishing is becoming increasingly popular.
D. Self-publishing no longer requires an up-front investment.

3. TOPIC SENTENCE: It is not difficult to care for a backyard pool.

A. When you have a backyard pool you can swim any time.
B. Chemical test strips are inexpensive and readily available.
C. There are pool care businesses available to help you.
D. There is a simple maintenance schedule to follow.

4. TOPIC SENTENCE: It was a very exciting weekend.

A. On Saturday we all went rock-climbing.
B. Saturday night we attended a party on a yacht.
C. Our trash gets picked up every Friday afternoon.
D. Sunday we took a long hike through the woods

5. TOPIC SENTENCE: Middle school is a challenging time.

A. In some states, 7th and 8th grade are called “junior high.”
B. Kids are turning into young adults.
C. In school, students have to change classes.
D. More is expected of students, as they are getting older.
(www.EasyTeacherWorksheets.com)

Activity 3: Summarize each paragraph by answering the guide questions. Write your
sentence together to form a summary.
1. Pan de sal is a popular Filipino bread especially served at breakfast. Most people like
to dunk the sweet bread in their coffee. Some enjoy it with scrambled egg or hotdog,
while others prefer toasted pan de sal with margarine. There are many ways to enjoy
pan de sal in every Filipino table.

Guide questions:
 1. What does the paragraph say about pan de sal?
2. How do Filipinos enjoy pan de sal?

Summary:
1.

2.

(English LM Summary Activity pp. 260-262)

2. Man is social being. Every day, she/ he interacts with others in the community. He
meets different person in every necessity in order to survive. Students go to school and
learn from their teachers. Parents go to office and work with their officemates. Drivers
pick up passengers. Vendors their merchandise to varied customers. An individual
encounters different people day in and day out. Thus, a person should learn how to
mingle with others in positive ways so that people would establish healthy
relationships among themselves.

Guide questions:
1. What does the paragraph say about man?
2. Who are the persons an individual meets every day?
3. What does man need to do?

Summary:
1.

2.

3.

(English LM Summary Activity pp. 260-262)

 What I Have Learned

Assess your progress by completing the following statements:

A is a condensed, or shortened, retelling of a longer

work. The aim is to give the of a

written piece. It is what the text is about. The information that are used to support

the main idea is what we called .

There are simple guidelines to shorten a piece namely:

 What I Can Do

Let’s Practice!
Summary and Main Idea Worksheet 1
Directions: Read each paragraph. Think of an appropriate title based on the main
idea of the text. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper
1. Before you put on that skeletal costume and rove door –to- door pandering for candy,
take a minute to reflect on this tradition. Halloween is believed to have come from an
Ancient Celtic festival dating back some 2,000 years. November 1st was the Celtic New
Year and marked the end of summer to the Celts. They celebrated on its eve by wearing
costumes made of animal skins and dancing around bon fires. Over the next two
millennia, this primitive celebration grew to be the candy fueled costume ball that we
know today.

(Source: Summarizing Worksheets-Learn to Summarize/ Ereading)

Summarize this paragraph in one to two sentences.

An appropriate title: _

Summary and Main Idea Worksheet 2

2. When one hears the term “reality” applied to show, one might expect the events
portrayed occurred naturally or, at the least, were not scripted. This is not always the case.
Many reality shows occur in unreal environments, like rented mansions occupied by film
crews. Such living environments do not reflect what people understand to be “reality”.
Worse, there have been accusations that events not captured on film were later restaged by
producers. Worse still, some involved in the production of “reality” television claims that the
participants were urged to act out story lines premeditated by producers. With such
accusations floating around, it’s no wonder many people take reality TV to be as real as the
sitcom.

(Source: Summarizing Worksheets-Learn to Summarize/ Ereading)

Summarize the paragraph in one to two sentences.

An appropriate title:
Summary and Main Idea Worksheet 3
Directions: Read each passage and on a separate sheet of paper.
1. Create a title for the passage related to the main idea.
2. Accurately summarize the text.
3. Do not include opinions or personal info in your summary
4. Highlight or underline key ideas in each passage.

3. What’s dressed in all black, practice stealth, and is a master of espionage, sabotage, and
assassination? You guessed it, it’s a ninja! Ninja used many different tools and weapons to
get the job done, throwing stars, bows, acid spurting tubes to name a few, but the favorite
weapon of most ninjas was probably the katana. The katana is a long, curved sword with a
single blade and a long grip to accommodate two hands. This sword was often carried in a
sheath or scabbard on the ninja’s back. Though the sword was primarily used for fighting and
killing, the scabbard served a number of purposes too. The ninja could remove the sword,
angle the scabbard against a wall, and used it to climb to a higher place. Or, while stealthy
negotiating their way through a dark place (such as an enemy’s residence at night), ninjas
may have used the scabbard as a walking stick, feeling or probing their way around objects so
as not to knock into anything and alert the enemy. Perhaps the ninja’s most sinister use of
the scabbard was to put a mixture of red pepper, dirt, and iron shavings at the top of the
scabbard, so that when the ninja drew his sword, the opponent would be blinded. I wonder
what a ninja could have done with a Swiss Army knife.

(Source: Summarizing Worksheets-Learn to Summarize/ Ereading)

a. Main idea related title for the passage:

b. Summarize the passage in your own words: _

 Summary and Main Idea Worksheet 4

4. Picture this: A herd of elephants flies past you at sixty miles per hour,
followed by streak of tigers, a pride of lions, and a bunch of clowns. What do
you see? It must be a circus train! One of the first uses of circus train is credited
to W.C. Coup. He partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871 to expand the reach of
their newly combined shows using locomotives. Before circus trains these
operators had to lug around all of their animals, performers, and equipment
with a team of 600 horses. Since there were no highways, these voyages were
rough and took a long time. Circuses would stop at many small towns between
the large venues. Performing at many of these small towns was not very
profitable. Because of these limitations, circuses could not grow as large as the
imaginations of the operators. After they began using circus trains, Barnum and
Coup only brought their show to large cities. These performances were much
more profitable and the profits went toward creating an even bigger and better
circus. Multiple rings were added and the show went on. Today, Ringling Bros.
and Barnum and Bailey Circus still rely on the circus train to transport their
astounding show, but now they use two.
(Source: Summarizing Worksheets-Learn to Summarize/ Ereading)

a. Main idea related title for the passage:

b. Summarize the passage in your ownwords:

 Assessment

This part of the module will assess what you have learned to know if you are
ready to continue to the next module or not. If you got 5-10, continue, 0-4, you
need to relearn the module.

Post Assessment
Directions: Read and understand carefully the questions below about the information in the module.
Choose the letter of the correct answer and write it on your paper.
1. What is summarizing?
a. to restate in other words.
b. brief but comprehensive information.
c. formulating someone else’s ideas in your own word.
d. express the most important ideas or facts of a text in a short and clear form.
2. What strategy is employed when you condense information into short sentences without
missing the main idea and significant details?
a. evaluating
b. judging.
c. predicting
d. summarizing

3. While reading, if I do not know what I have read, or something is not clear, I
should

a. write “I don’t know” on my notes.

b. keep reading, I want to finish first.
c. go back and reread to find my answers.
d. keep reading, maybe I will understand later.

4. What does a summary have?

a. longer version of the original.
b. shorter version of the original.
c. rewritten version of the original.
d. opinionated version of the original.

5. Which of the following statements about summarizing is true?

a. The summary is an idea that is true but is not in the text.

b. The summary is what the text is mostly about.
 c. The summary is always found at the beginning of the text.
d. The summary contains detailed information in the text.

6. How should you write a summary?

a. in your own words and in complete sentences.

b. in codes so you are the only one who decodes.
c. in a long paragraph copying the original text.
d. in phrases and fragments without punctuations.

7. What are the two reading techniques that you will use in order to be able to get a quick
summary of a text?

a. Skipping and searching

b. Skimming and scanning
c. Searching and skimming
d. Searching and scanning

8. All are guidelines in summarizing a text except

a. Read the passage

b. summary is written in own words.
c. Do not use technical language in summarizing the text
d. Make a note of keywords, main points or arguments and topic sentence.

9. Where do you usually find the main idea of a text?

a. end c. beginning
b. middle d. second paragraph

10. What sentence is the best summary for this paragraph?

The COVID- 19 pandemic has rapidly spread around the world. One factor which
contributes to the rapid spread of this virus is the people’s lack of discipline. Some have no
concern of what really is happening to the word with this pandemic. Most of them choose
to ignore what the government is trying to implement in order to prevent the spread of
the virus. Health protocols and guidelines are imposed by the government to protect the
people from the threat of virus but to no avail.

a. The COVID- 19 pandemic was caused by people’s lack of discipline.

b. The COVID- 19 pandemic was happening due to the people’s rebellion.
c. The COVID- 19 pandemic was a result of the government’s negligence.
d.The COVID- 19 pandemic was a result of people’s lack of compassion to
one another.
 Additional Activities

More practice lead to mastery!

Activity 1:
1. Cut out or print relatively brief article from a newspaper or magazine. (Internet articles,
example: blog, published journals, literature review, that is acceptable from valid sources)
which you will read and highlighting important information from the article.

2. On a separate piece of paper, staple the article to this paper and write a summary of what
you have read. Include the main idea and other important/relevant information.

Activity 2: Give concrete detail about your family. Make at least 10 sentences. Short bond paper
with picture of your family.
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