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Summarizing Text EAPP

The document outlines techniques for summarizing academic texts, emphasizing the importance of distilling information to its essential points. Key rules include eliminating unnecessary details, avoiding repetition, using general terms instead of specifics, and writing in one's own words. It also presents various methods for summarization, such as the 'Somebody Wanted But So' strategy, the SAAC method, the 5 W's and 1 H technique, and chronological summarization.

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Summarizing Text EAPP

The document outlines techniques for summarizing academic texts, emphasizing the importance of distilling information to its essential points. Key rules include eliminating unnecessary details, avoiding repetition, using general terms instead of specifics, and writing in one's own words. It also presents various methods for summarization, such as the 'Somebody Wanted But So' strategy, the SAAC method, the 5 W's and 1 H technique, and chronological summarization.

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Techniques in

Summarizing
Academic
Texts
Summarizing is how we take larger
selections of text and reduce
them to their bare essentials: the
gist, the key ideas, the main points
that are worth noting and
remembering. Webster's calls a
summary the "general idea in brief
form"; it's the distillation,
condensation, or reduction of a larger
work into its primary notions.
Basic Rules in summarizing:

A.Erase things that don’t matter.


B.Erase things that repeat
C.Trade, general terms for
specific names.
D.Use your own words to write
the summary.
A. Erase things that don’t matter.

Delete trivial material that is


unnecessary to understanding.
DO NOT DO THIS...

Aurora turned and went up the tower stairs to


the very last stair. The door in front of her
creaked open. Inside, all was dark and musty.
She could barely take a step for all the spider
webs. But pushed them aside and step
forward. There in a far corner, was a spinning
wheel. Aurora held out her finger to the tip of
the spindle. One tiny droplet of blood dripped
from her finger. At once, Aurora felt dizzy. She
fell onto an old dusty velvet blanket that lay
on the attic floor, and fell into a deep sleep.
INSTEAD DO THIS...

Aurora turned and went up the


tower. The door was opened.
There, she saw a spinning
wheel. Aurora held out her
finger to the tip of the spindle.
At once, Aurora felt dizzy. She
fell on the floor and fell into a
deep sleep.
B. Erase things that repeat.

Delete redundant material. In note


taking, time and space is precious. If
a word or phrase says basically the
same thing you have already written
down, then don’t write it again!
DO NOT DO THIS...

She have to check her


friend’s past history to
confirm everything she heard.
INSTEAD DO THIS...

She have to check her


friend’s history to confirm
everything she heard.
The supplies he has are
adequate enough for him to
survive the storm.
The supplies he has are
enough for him to survive the
storm.
C. Trade, general terms for specific
names.

Substitute superordinate terms for


lists (e.g., flowers for daisies, tulips
for roses). Focus on the big picture.
Long, technical lists are hard to
remember. If one word will give you
the meaning, then less is more.
GENERAL TERMS SPECIFIC NAMES

SOUNDS WHISPER

FOOD BREAD

VEHICLE CAR

COUNTRY PHILIPPINES

FLOWER ROSE

ADVENTURE CAMPING
DO NOT DO THIS...

THEY WENT ON AN
ADVENTURE IN THE
MOUNTAINS.
INSTEAD DO THIS...

THEY WENT CAMPING ON


MOUNT KANLAON.
DO NOT DO THIS...

HE GAVE HER A JEWELRY


ON HER SPECIAL DAY
WHICH MADE HER
EMOTIONAL.
INSTEAD DO THIS...

HE GAVE HER A RING ON HER


BIRTHDAY WHICH MADE HER
CRY.
D. Use your own words to write the
summary.

Write the summary using


your own words but make
sure to retain the main
points.
Techniques in
Writing a
Summary
1. Somebody Wanted But So.

The strategy helps students


generalize, recognize cause and
effect relationships, and find main
ideas.
Somebody Wanted But So.
Author: Charles
Perrault (1697,
France)
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.
2. SAAC Method.
This method is particularly helpful in
summarizing any kind of text. 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.
SAAC Method
Author:
Aesop –
Famous Greek
Fabulist
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.
3. 5 W's, 1 H.
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.
3. 5 W's, 1 H.
Author:
Aesop –
Famous Greek
Fabulist
4. First Then Finally.
This technique helps students
summarize events in
chronological order.
4. First Then Finally.
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?
Robert
Author:
Southey
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.
5. 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.
ACTIVITY:
Direction: Read the text given. Write
a 3-5 sentence summary of the
following text using any of the
techniques mentioned. Use ½
crosswise yellow pad in writing your
summary.

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