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Lesson 2

Here are the responses to the statements: 1. 😔 2. 😔 3. 😔 4. 😔 5. 😄

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LESSON 2:

Techniques in Summarizing
Academic Texts
Incoming Senior high School students find it
difficult to choose the right track and strand.
They do not even know what they want to
become in the future, and this could affect their
future career. It is a big decision that could
change their whole life. There are number of
things that they can do to narrow their choice
like seeking pieces of advice to their parents,
taking career guidance, or listing their strength
and weaknesses. These are just few of the
helpful ideas on being on the right track and
strand.
LET’S TRY!
1. What is the topic in the given paragraph?
A. Senior High School C. Career Choice
B. Decision making D. Youths’ Interest

2. What is the main idea in the paragraph?


A. Youth’s interest affects career choice.
B. Few helpful ideas in choosing the right track.
C. Teenager taking interest test.
D. Narrowing career choice.
MAIN IDEA

- it is the point of the paragraph, the most


important thought about the topic. It is
usually the first or last sentence of the
paragraph or text. To figure out the main
idea, ask yourself the question: What is
being said about the person, thing, or idea
(the topic)?
WHAT IS A SUMMARY?

- a brief account of the main ideas of a


long passage or verse
- the gist or synopsis of an original text
SUMMARIZING…
- uses reader’s own words in presenting original
ideas with the same mood and point of view free
from any comment or interpretation
- should be shorter than the original text
- aims to present large amount of information in a
short and concise text that includes only the
most important ideas of the original text
- helps readers deepen their understanding of the
text and identify relevant information or key
ideas
GUIDELINES in SUMMARIZING
1. Preview the text. Gather the information needed to
focus and set goals.
2. Read, and understand the text. Review the material to
make sure you know it well.
3. Look for the thesis, main idea, and evidence.
4. Identify and paraphrase the topic sentence (which
contains the main idea).
5. Group the details (minor details). Organize your
evidence by grouping the article into sections. Not all
information is equal: some of the information is clearly
more important than the rest.
6. Change the words but never the meaning. A summary
uses paraphrased sentences, with only occasional
quotes from the original text.
TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING
• 5 Dot Jots Technique
• SAAC Method
• Somebody Wanted But So Then
5 DOT JOTS TECHNIQUE
STEP 1: Create the Three-Part Summary Topic Sentence
a. Name it: Name the title of the piece and the author.
b. Verb it: Carefully choose verbs that you are going to
use (tells, list, show, explore, describes, compares, etc.)
c. Big Picture: State the main idea of the selection.

STEP 2: JOT DOTS is listing 3 to 6 keypoint (must be


important in the selection) and must be presented in
chronological order (first, second, then and finally). Follow
“Rule of 5” each entry should be limited to five words or
less.
EXAMPLE:
SAAC METHOD
- is another useful technique for summarizing any kind of
text (such as a story, an article, or a speech)
- SAAC is an acronym for "State, Assign, Action, Complete."
Each word in the acronym refers to a specific element
that should be included in the summary.

 State: the name of the article, book, or story


 Assign: the name of the author
 Action: what the author is doing (example: tells,
explains)
 Complete: complete the sentence or summary with
keywords and important details
EXAMPLE:

 State: Bats
 Assign: Debbie Dean
 Action: describes
 Complete: the physical features of
bats, characteristics and way of
living.
SOMEBODY WANTED BUT SO
THEN
- is an excellent summarizing strategy for stories.
Each word represents a key question related to
the story's essential elements:

 Somebody: Who is the story about?


 Wanted: What does the main charter want?
 But: Identify a problem that the main character
encountered.
 So: How does the main character solve the
problem? Then: Tell how the story ends
EXAMPLE:
Directions: Read the statements carefully.
Draw a happy face if it is summarizing and
sad face if it is not.
1. The author writes down everything.
2. ‘I strongly believe that people are against with
academic freeze.’ This is Susan’s concluding sentence
which is not stated in the main text.
3. Karla decides to list her ideas in sentence form about
Work from Home in a concept map.
4. “Understanding Calories” is a text given by David’s
teacher for him to summarize, his summary is the same
length as the original passage.
5. Gilbert cites the author of a news article in his
summary.

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