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The document provides guidance on how to write an effective summary by identifying and organizing main points in one's own words. It emphasizes the importance of focusing on specified details, using connectives for continuity, and adhering to word limits. Additionally, it suggests excluding unnecessary information and not including a conclusion unless relevant to the question.

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The document provides guidance on how to write an effective summary by identifying and organizing main points in one's own words. It emphasizes the importance of focusing on specified details, using connectives for continuity, and adhering to word limits. Additionally, it suggests excluding unnecessary information and not including a conclusion unless relevant to the question.

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Summary Writing

CAPE TOWN extract

Think, Pair, Share – Questions 9


and 10
Summary Writing

What is a summary? The formal definition is: a brief


statement or account of the main points of
something. And that’s exactly what you have to do.
Identify the main, relevant points and write them in
your own words in an organized manner.
Read the Question Properly

What exactly do you have to write a summary on. In the


question, they could specify one or more detail. So you
need to write the summary on just those details. Leave
out the rest.

See the emboldened part? That’s what you have to focus


on.
Read the passage

As you go, underline the points that you need to include in


your summary, that are relevant and important to the
question.
Write the Summary

That’s easier said than done. You have got all your points,
now you need to collate and organise it into one write-up
using your own words.

Find some useful tips on the next slides


Summary writing tips

Start organising the points. You could do it


chronologically, advantage-disadvantage format or
problem-solution format- whatever works for the task at
hand. In the example above, writing points in their
chronological order seems to be the right choice since it’s
a narrative type of article.

Use connectives, lots of them, to organise your points


and add a sense of continuity. Some examples are:
Firstly/Secondly/Thirdly, In Addition/Also/Furthermore,
Consequently/As a result, Thus/Hence etc.
Summary Writing Tips

Use your own words. Use synonyms of word in the passage, if


possible. In the example above, the phrase ‘invented ways to find
food and water’ can be changed to ‘came up with a system to
obtain food and water’.

You don’t have to write a conclusion. If the question asked you


to write the summary on the entire passage, then maybe a
conclusion would be fitting. But in questions like the one above, it
is irrelevant to the question.

Stick to the word limit. For the extended paper you have to write
at least 100 word but not more than 120 words. For the core paper
you need to write at least 70 word but not more than 80
words. Don’t write too much; scrap unnecessary points not
relevant to the question; cut short words.
Summary Writing

Let’s see an example from a test paper!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9UZAnvvZZQ
Watch from 17:00- 27:30
Summary Writing- Retrieval

What is the most effective method


for gathering main ideas?

What information should be


excluded from a summary?
Learning Goals

1. Gather and organize main


ideas from a text to write a
summary in our OWN
WORDS

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