What is summarizing?

Summarizing is often used to

determine the essential ideas in a
book,article, book chapter; an
article or parts of an article. These
essential ideas include the gist or
main idea, useful information, or
key words or phrases that help you
meet your reading purpose.
Summarizing is generally done
after reading. However, it can be
done as well while reading a text.
Objective:
Summarize the
content of an
academic text
Summarizing is often
used to determine the
essential ideas in a
book, article, book
chapter; an article or
parts of an article.
These essential ideas
include the gist or
main idea, useful
information, or key
words or phrases that
help you meet your
reading purpose.
Summarizing is
generally done after
reading. However, it
can be done as well
while reading a text.
Summarizing is a skill
because it helps you:
Deepen your understanding
of the text
 Learn to identify relevant
information or key ideas
Combine details or examples
that support the main idea/s
 Concentrate on the gist or
main idea and key words
presented in the text; and
 Capture the key ideas in the
text and put them together
clearly and concisely.
What is not summarizing?
You are not summarizing when you:
 Write down everything

Write down ideas from the text

word-for-word
Write down incoherent and
irrelevant ideas;
 Write down ideas that are not
stated in the text; or
Write down a summary that has
the same length or is longer than the
text.
Write S if the statement
describes good
summarizing and N if not.
__1. Sean copied everything
from the book.
__2. Thomas extracted the
key ideas in the text.
__3.Carmela concentrated
on the important details.
__4. Anita looked for
keywords and phrases.
__5. Jenna simplified ideas.
___6. Rona revised the main
idea.
___7. To add more
information, Alessa added her
analysis and comments to the
ideas of the author.
___8. Maria wrote down the
general and specific ideas of
the text.
___9. Sean added some of his
related research to the
information presented in the
text.
___10. Lalaine extended the
message of the text and
included some of her
interpretations.
The teacher says, “Suppose
you told your friend that you
just watched a great film and
your friend asks what the story
is. What would you do? Would
you tell the story as it is from
the opening scene to the end
credits or would you simply
talk about the essential parts of
the movie? You’ll probably
agree that the latter is the
more practical choice and you
are correct. More often than
not, the gist or the most
significant or important part is
what is given out to provide a
background, not only in talking
about movie plots but also in
writing academic and
professional papers.”
The teacher explains the
following:
-Summarizing is often used to
determine the essential ideas
in a book, article, book chapter;
an article or parts of an article.
These essential ideas include
the gist or main idea, useful
information, or key words or
phrases that help you meet
your reading purpose.
Summarizing is generally done
after reading. However, it can
be done as well while reading a
text.
Summarizing is a skill because
it helps you:
Deepen your understanding
of the text
 Learn to identify relevant
information or key ideas
Combine details or examples
that support the main idea/s
 Concentrate on the gist or
main idea and key words
presented
in the text; and
 Capture the key ideas in the
text and put them together
clearly
and concisely.
What is not summarizing?
You are not summarizing when
you
Write down everything
Write down ideas from the
text word-for-word
 Write down incoherent and
irrelevant ideas;
Write down ideas that are
not stated in the text; or
 Write down a summary that
has the same length or is
longer than the
srcinal text.
Guidelines in Summarizing
1. Clarify your purpose before you
read.
2. Read a text and understand the
meaning. Do not stop reading until
you understand the message
conveyed by the author. Locate
the gist or main idea of the text,
which can usually be found either
at the beginning, in the middle, or
in the end.
3. Select and underline or circle
the key ideas and phrases while
reading: another strategy is to
annotate the text.
4. Write all the key ideas and
phrases are in bullets.
5. Identify the connections of key
ideas using a concept map.
6. List your ideas in sentences.
7. Combine sentences in a
paragraph. Use appropriate
cohesive devices.
8. Ensure that you do not copy a
single sentence from the srcinal
text.
9. Refrain from adding comments
about the text.
10. Edit the draft of your summary.
11. Compare your output with the
scribal text.
12. Record the details of the
scribal text.
13. Format your summary
properly. Use different formats to
show variety in writing.