Q3: Summarizing Flashcards
Techniques in summarizing
- somebody wanted but so
- SAAC method
- 5 W’s 1H
- First Then Finally
- Give Me the Gist
It is often used to determine the essential ideas in a book chapter, an article.
summarizing
True or False
Summarizing can be done while reading a text.
True
It is an important skill because it helps you:
* deepen your understanding of the text
* identify relevant information or key ideas
* combine details or examples that support the main ideas/s
* concentrate on the gist or main idea and key words presented in the text
* capture the key ideas in the text and put them together clearly and concisely
summarizing
What are the basic rules in summarizing?
- Erase things that don’t matter.
- Erase the things that repeat.
- Trade general terms for specific names.
- Use your own words to write the summary.
This strategy helps students generalize, recognize cause and effect relationships, and find main ideas.
Somebody Wanted But So
What technique in summarizing is used?
After answering the questions, combine the answers to form a summary: Little Red Riding Hood wanted to take cookies to her sick grandmother, but she encountered a wolf. He got to her grandmother’s house first and pretended to be the old woman. He was going to eat Little Red Riding Hood, but she realized what he was doing and ran away, crying for help. A woodsman heard the girl’s cries and saved her from the wolf.
Somebody Wanted But So
This method is particularly helpful in summarizing any kind of text.
SAAC method
This technique relies on six crucial questions: who, what, when where, why, and how. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important details, and main idea.
5W’s 1H
This technique helps students summarize events in chronological order.
First Then Finally
This type of technique is like giving a friend the gist of a story. In other words, they want a summary – not a retelling of every detail.
Give Me the Gist
What technique in summarizing is used?
“The Boy Who Cried Wolf,” by Aesop (a Greek storyteller), tells what happens when a shepherd boy repeatedly lies to the villagers about seeing a wolf. After a while, they ignore his false cries. Then, when a wolf really does attack, they don’t come to help him.
SAAC Method
What technique in summarizing is used?
The boastful hare dared the tortoise into a race in an old country road. The tortoise was tired of hearing the hare boast about his speed. When the hare was sleeping, he kept up his slow and steady pace and won.
5W’s 1H
What technique in summarizing is used?
First, Goldilocks entered the bears’ home while they were gone. Then, she ate their food, sat in their chairs, and slept in their beds. Finally, she woke up to find the bears watching her, so she jumped up and ran away.
First Then Finally
What technique in summarizing is used?
The Pardoner’s Tale is a story about a three men who wished to find death to avenge their friend, but they ended up killing each other because of greed.
Give Me the Gist
