Writing a Summary
To summarize is to highlight the main points of a text. We have been practicing this week with summarizing the main ideas of paragraphs and small essays. Here are some helpful hints to writing concise summaries.
- Read the entire article, document, or book before jumping to conclusions about what to summarize.
- Ask yourself "What was the main idea of what I just read?" On a piece of paper, write down your thoughts in one sentence.
- Look for the thesis statement or topic sentence. Does it match what you have written? If not, ask yourself why. It might be necessary to reread the text to reformulate your one sentence summary.
- When you are sure you have your own topic sentence, reread the text looking for all of the main ideas that support this topic sentence.
- Write down each supporting idea as a bullet point. Try not to write in full sentences. Write down key details. Do not copy more than three words in a row from the text. Write each bullet point in your own words.
- With only your bullet point list in front of you, write your summary.
Today's Holidays from Around the World
Croatia: Independence Day
Haiti: Death of Henri Christophe
Peru: Battle of Angemos; Navy Day
Homework for Friday, October 10, 2010
- Review for the Unit 5 test
- Complete you ten (10) entries for your Vocabulary Notebook
- Read Wuthering Heights Ch. 13
- Continue to study for the Midterm on Wednesday, October 13, 2010
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