SUMMARIZING

TECHNIQUES
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC AND
PROFESSIONAL PURPOSES
GRADE 12
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OBJECTIVES:

1. Define summarizing
2. Identify different summarizing
techniques,
3. Summarize a given text/
selection
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LET’S LEARN!

WHAT IS SUMMARIZING?
• often used to determine the
essential ideas in a book chapter,
an article
• is generally done after reading
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LET’S LEARN!

WHAT IS SUMMARIZING?
• is a shortened passage which retains the
essential information of the original text,
thus without using value judgments
• is a synopsis or digest of the essence of
an entire text.
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In summarizing, one…
1. Learns to identify relevant information or key ideas.
2. combines details or examples that support the main
idea/s.
3. concentrates on the gist or main idea and key works
presented in the text or selection.
4. captures the key ideas in the text and put them together
clearly and concisely.

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TECHNIQUES
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 TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING
• SOMEBODY WANTED BUT SO.
The strategy helps students generalize,
recognize cause and effect relationships, and
find main ideas.

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Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-studentsMeade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath C

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After answering the questions, combine the answers to
form a summary:
Little Red Riding Hood wanted to take
cookies to her sick grandmother, but she
encountered a wolf. He got to her
grandmother’s house first and pretended to
be the old woman. He was going to eat Little
Red Riding Hood, but she realized what he
was doing and ran away, crying for help. A
woodsman heard the girl’s cries and saved
her from the wolf.
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 TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING
• SAAC Method.
This method is particularly helpful in
summarizing any kind of text. SAAC is an
acronym for “State, Assign, Action,
Complete.”
Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-studentsMeade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath C

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Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-studentsMeade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath C

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Use the four SAAC cues to write out a summary of "The
Boy Who Cried Wolf" in complete sentences:

"The Boy Who Cried Wolf," by Aesop (a

Greek storyteller), tells what happens when
a shepherd boy repeatedly lies to the
villagers about seeing a wolf. After a while,
they ignore his false cries. Then, when a
wolf really does attack, they don’t come to
help him.
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 TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING
• 5 Ws 1H.
This technique relies on six crucial questions:
who, what, when where, why, and how. These
questions make it easy to identify the main
character, important details, and main idea.
Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-studentsMeade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath C

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 TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING
• First Then Finally.
• This technique helps to summarize events in
chronological order
First: What happened first? Include the main character
and main event/action.
Then: What key details took place during the event/action?
Finally: What were the results of the event/action?
Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-studentsMeade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath C

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Here is an example using "Goldilocks and the Three
Bears.“

First, Goldilocks entered the bears' home

while they were gone. Then, she ate their
food, sat in their chairs, and slept in their
beds. Finally, she woke up to find the bears
watching her, so she jumped up and ran
away.
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 TECHNIQUES IN
SUMMARIZING
• Give Me the Gist.
• This type of techniques is like giving a friend
the gist of a story. In other words, they want a
summary – not a retelling of every detail.

Kris Bales, “5 Easy SUMMARIZING Strategies for Students,” ThoughtCo, accessed August 4, 2021,
https://www.thoughtco.com/summarizing-strategies-for-studentsMeade PASS training. "Summarizing Strategies." Bath C

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 TIPS IN SUMMARIZING
• Re-read the text to be summarized repeatedly.
• Identify the main idea of the text.
• Put yourself in the situation of the reader.
• Use appropriate transitional devices.
• Limit your summary to a few sentences.
• Proofread your work.
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ASSESSMENT:
• SUMMARIZE THE GIVEN SELECTIONS.
• CHOOSE TWO TECHNIQUES THEN APPLY THEM TO
THE GIVEN SELECTIONS.

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 First e-sports college degree in the Philippines now in the works
By Vince Ferreras, CNN Philippines
Metro Manila — Online gaming might not be an after-school pastime anymore
in the future as the first- degree program in electronic sports (esports) in the
country is being developed.
The Lyceum of the Philippines University (LPU) and esports and gaming
agency Tier One Entertainment collaborated to develop the curriculum of the
four-year degree on Bachelor of Science in ESports. It will be offered this
coming school year once approved by the Commission on Higher Education.
“We will be passing the curriculum to the Commission on Higher Education
(CHED) on March this year. If this goes well, we might have a full course
available by 2020,” said Tier One Entertainment in a post on social media.
The gaming agency’s chief executive officer Tryke Gutierrez said that the new
degree program will have two tracks namely: game development and esports
management. However, he did not disclose yet the subjects under the
program. “The goal has always been to create more opportunities for gamers
in Asia. If this curriculum gets approved, we won't just be providing post
career opportunities for gaming, but we will have a new generation of
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graduates ready to work in the esports industry,” said Gutierrez in an online

post.
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