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UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS REGIONES AUTONOMAS

DE LA COSTA CARIBE NICARAGÜENCE


URACCAN - LAS MINAS

ACADEMIC WRITING

Author: Lic. Gema Massiel Gosden López

Siuna, November 2023


UNIT VI: WRITING SUMMARIES

CONTENTS

 Grammar: Agreement of subjects and verbs.

Verb and pronoun agreement.

 Reading: Read a paragraph.

 Writing: writing causes and effects paragraph.


OBJECTIVES

CONCEPTUAL
 Understand how to write summaries identifying main ideas in different kind
of paragraphs.
PROCEDURAL
 Create writing summaries identifying the main ideas in different kind of
paragraphs.
ATTITUDINAL
 Engage the students in the process of writing summaries identifying the
main idea in different kind of paragraphs.
WRITING SUMMARIES

Summaries require a special kind of writing. A good summary


gives only main ideas. It does not include details. Before
you begin to write a summary, you need to read the article or
story several times to make sure you
understand it completely.
WRITING SUMMARIES

The hardest part of writing a summary is deciding what to


include and what to leave out. It will help if you think about
answering the questions Who?, When?, Where?, Why?,
What?, and How? in your summary. Remember to include
only the author's opinions and ideas, not your own opinions.
But remember to use your own words. If you use the author's
words, you need to put them in quotations.
WRITER'S TIP: Steps in Writing a Summary

Follow these steps to write a summary:

1. Read the article once for the main idea.

2. Reread the article and underline the main points.

3. Write the first draft of your summary. Include the following


WRITER'S TIP: Steps in Writing a Summary

Follow these steps to write a summary:

 a topic sentence stating the main idea of the article

 supporting sentences that explain, in your own words, the


main points in the article

 a final statement that summarizes any conclusions the


author made in the article
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: AGREEMENT OF SUBJECTS AND VERBS

Every English sentence must have a subject and a verb. In


order for a sentence to be grammatically correct, the subject
and verb must agree with each other in number. This means
that when the subject is singular, the verb must be singular.
When the subject is plural, the verb must be plural.
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: AGREEMENT OF SUBJECTS AND VERBS

Example:

My sister lives in Michigan. (Singular subject and singular verb)

My sisters live in Michigan. (Plural subject and plural verb.)


STUDY THE CHART

RULE EXAMPLES

Singular subjects take My roommate takes violin


singular verbs. lessons.
The new student is from Turkey.
Plural subjects take plural The new students are from
verbs. When subjects (singular Turkey.
or plural) are joined by and, they My roommate and I were early
are considered plural. for class.
STUDY THE CHART

RULE EXAMPLES
If the subjects of a sentence are joined Nancy or her roommate drives to
with or the verb should agree with the school every day.
subject closest to the verb. Use a
singular verb if the subject closer to the Nancy or her roommates drive to
verb is singular. Use a plural verb if the school every day.
subject closer to the verb is plural.
Sentences with subjects joined with or Either Nancy or her roommates
often begin with either. drive to school every day.

Negative sentences often join subjects Ann nor her sisters eat lunch in the
with nor or neither... nor. As with or, cafeteria.
the verb agrees in number with the
subject close to it. Neither my sisters nor Ann wants to
join the chess club.
STUDY THE CHART

RULE EXAMPLES
The verb should agree with its subject, not My favorite book of short stories
with the words that come between. For is by Edgar Allen Poe.
example, if a prepositional phrase comes
between the subject and verb, the verb The stories in this book are by
still agrees with the subject and not the Edgar Allen Poe.
words in between.
Use a singular verb with expressions of Three minutes was all the time
time, money, measurement, we needed to answer the
weight, and fractions. questions,

Thirty dollars is a good price for


this sweatshirt.
GRAMMAR FOR WRITING: VERBS AND PRONOUN AGREEMENT

Some subject pronouns always take singular verbs. Some


subject pronouns always take plural verbs.
STUDY THE CHART

SINGULAR PRONOUNS EXAMPLES


Use a Singular verb with these Everybody wants smaller classes.
pronouns. (Everybody is the subject)

anyone everybody neither no one Everything in this box belongs to


anything everyone somebody me.
nobody each everything (Everything is the subject)
someone none either one
something nothing. One of my friends is moving to
Colorado.
(One is the subject)
STUDY THE CHART

PLURAL PRONOUNS EXAMPLES


Use a plural verb. Several of the students need help with
both few many their projects.
others several (several is the subject)

Others want more breaks.


(Others is the subject)
THANK YOU!

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