10B Writing Summaries

Writing SUmmaries

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index

Learning Intentions and Success Criteria...............................

pg. 1

Summary Definition.............................

pg. 2

Steps..................................

pg. 3

Strategies.............................

pgs. 4-5

Choose the best summary...........................

pgs. 6-7

Summarize a video................................

pgs. 8-9

Summarize a text.............................

pg. 10

Questions? ..........................

pg. 11

What is a summary?

An objective summary is:

• The main ideas of a text
• Shorter than the original text
• No opinions or judgements included
• Only information from the text

Steps

IMAGE

COMPARISON

Write your summary. Ask yourself: If I gave this/read this to someone, could they tell what the text was about without reading it?

Use a strategy to take notes about the main ideas

Read the entire text (perhaps more than once!)

Outline

Take Notes

Which of the following best summarizes the opening dialogue between Antigone and Ismene in Act 1? Please click here if you'd like to read it again.

Antigone reveals her plan to bury Polyneices against Creon's decree

Antigone and Ismene discuss their plans for a family reunion

Ismene convinces Antigone to obey Creon's law and forget about their brother

05 Video

Write a $2.00 summary of this video.

A $2.00 summary is one where each word costs $0.10 That means a $2.00 summary is one with 200 words or less.

SUmmarize: Antigone Act II

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