Important Notes About Summarizing

Last year, we spent a lot of time working on finding the main idea. Summarizing requires this skill. In order to effectively summarize, you all NEED to slow down. There is no rush to complete work, as there will always be more classwork. LEARNING IS THE GOAL, NOT FINISHING.

Summarizing involves multiple steps.

1. Read and comprehend. You may need to look up some unfamiliar vocabulary to be sure you understand a word's meaning. In my class, you may do that on your phone, unless it's a test or quiz.
2. Identify the main idea and key details.
3. Express the key points in your own words. 

 Summaries should not contain opinions, background knowledge, or personal information; rather, a summary should be entirely text based.