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When Do We Summarize

Summarizing is taking a large selection of text and then reducing it to smaller pieces

Summarizing is finding the main idea of a text

Summarizing is also finding the supporting details of the main idea

In other words, summarizing is retelling only the important parts of the story in YOUR WORDS

What is Summarizing

A summary is meant to be concise and short

It should be only be a paragraph long – any longer and you are likely giving too many details that are not needed

What is Summarizing

Here is a summary of The Three Little Pigs:◦ The Three Little Pigs is about three pigs and a

wolf. The wolf blows down two of the pigs' houses because he wants to eat them. He doesn't blow down the brick house, because it is too strong. He doesn't get to eat the pigs.

Too much detail is given, and in the end almost everything from the original story is in the summary

Parts of the story are copied word for word – not in your own words

Too few details are given The important details are missed, while the

unimportant ones are written about\ Short story elements are described – only

detail the plot!

Common Problems!

Step 1 – Make a list of important points

Step 2 – Organize this list and cut out info that isn’t fully needed

Step 3 – Put into a paragraph!

How to Summarize

Goldilocks and the 3 Bears