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Q2 Module 5 Eng7 Summarizing A Text

The document discusses strategies for summarizing a text, including reading the entire text, identifying key details like the title and central ideas, and avoiding opinions. It also outlines different types of text structures like classification, chronological order, problem-solution, compare-contrast, and cause-and-effect.

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Q2 Module 5 Eng7 Summarizing A Text

The document discusses strategies for summarizing a text, including reading the entire text, identifying key details like the title and central ideas, and avoiding opinions. It also outlines different types of text structures like classification, chronological order, problem-solution, compare-contrast, and cause-and-effect.

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ENGLISH 7

SUMMARIZING
A TEXT
Q2 MODULE 5
LESSON
OBJECTIVES
Determine the Several Strategies to Consider
When Summarizing a Text.

Distinguish the Different Types of Text Structure.

Summarize key information from a text.


Summarizing a Text
One of the important components of learning which helps you
to remember information is review or practice. It connects you
to new knowledge and skills. It measures your performance
and how well you retained learning.
Summarizing a Text
A summary is a shortened version of a text, piece or a gist.
Remember the following when summarizing a text:

Base your summary on the original piece.


Keep your summary short.
Use your own wording.
Refer to the central and main ideas of the original piece.
Read with who, what, when, where, why and how questions
in mind.
Avoid putting in your opinion about the issue or topic
discussed in the original piece.
Several Strategies to Consider
When Summarizing a Text:

1. Read the entire text . This helps you understand the


details of the text.
2. Identify the title, author, and text type. This will make it
clear which ideas are those of the author and the text being
summarized.
3. Describe the central ideas. This tells what the text is
mainly about.
Several Strategies to Consider
When Summarizing a Text:

4. Identify key supporting details. This is one way of


analyzing a text which helps you understand the overall
text clearly.
5. Avoid opinions and unimportant details. This could
change how you interpret the text based on the summary.
You must relay only the factual elements.
Different types of text structure
In order for you to better understand a text in summarizing,
it is important to learn the different types of text structure:

Classification-division- sorting information into topics


and categories
Chronological – discussing things in order.
Problem and Solution – presenting a problem and
offering a solution.
Compare and Contrast -discussing similarities and
differences.
Cause and Effect - explaining a cause and its results.

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