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Summary Writing

Summary Writing. Learning Objective:. Take Cornell Notes on how to write a proper summary based on an article and textbook passages. What are you doing today?. Review:.

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Summary Writing

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  1. Summary Writing

  2. Learning Objective: • Take Cornell Notes on how to write a proper summary based on an article and textbook passages.

  3. What are you doing today?

  4. Review: • Transition Words/Phrases- show relationships between paragraphs or sections of a text or speech. Transitions signal how ideas relate to one another. • Examples: additionally, however, for instance • We have already written simple paragraphs based on information researched from the Internet.

  5. Give an example of a transition word.

  6. Preview: • In order to properly write a summary, you need to be familiar with the term synonyms. • Synonyms- words that mean the same or almost have the same meaning as another word. • Examples of Synonyms: • Large- Enormous • Bug- Insect • Angry- Upset

  7. Recall the definition of a synonym. Give an example of synonym.

  8. What is a Summary? • Summary- a summary is a piece of writing that is a shorten version of a passage, story, or lesson, which includes the main ideas.

  9. Define what a summary is.

  10. What Can You Summarize? • You can pretty much summarize anything. Some examples of things we will be summarizing are: • Stories from the Language of Literature Textbook • Articles from the Scope Magazine • Lessons from the Science textbook • Lessons from the Social Studies textbook • Other things include: speeches and songs

  11. Give Examples of things you can summarize.

  12. Using Transition Words/Phrases in Summaries: • You will want to use transition words/phrases at the beginning of paragraphs that you summarize. • Transition words can also be used to replace other similar words in the passage that you are summarizing. • It is also important to make sure you are using transition words that make sense in the places that you insert them.

  13. Restate one way transition words/phrases can be used in a summary.

  14. Nutshell Summary: • Nutshell Summary- a nutshell summary is one sentence that tells the main idea of the passage. • Nutshell summaries introduce what you will be summarizing. • Example: • In this summary your will find out important information about Lady Bugs.

  15. Steps for Writing a Summary: • Step 1- Number the paragraphs. • Step 2- Read the passage/lesson/article. • Step 3- Highlight or Underline important information/ main ideas. • Step 4- Cross off useless or repeated information. • Step 5- Circle words that you can replace with synonyms. • Step 6- Write synonyms for the words that are circled. (above the words or on a separate list)

  16. Summary Steps Continued… • Step 6- Write synonyms for the words that are circled. (above the words or on a separate list) • Step 7- Rough Draft • Nutshell summary as first sentence • Summarize passage in own words • Keep same # of paragraphs as passage • Use transition words • Step 8- Edit Summary • Make corrections • Step 9- Final Draft • Rewrite rough draft

  17. Lesson Overview: • What we were learning about today? • Define summary. • Explain what a nutshell summary is. • Give an example of a transition word.

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