{"id":55,"date":"2014-11-10T18:57:56","date_gmt":"2014-11-10T18:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/englishcomp1kaleidoscoperevisedmaster\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=55"},"modified":"2014-11-23T07:19:33","modified_gmt":"2014-11-23T07:19:33","slug":"how-to-write-a-summary","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/atd-herkimer-enhancedwriting\/chapter\/how-to-write-a-summary\/","title":{"raw":"How to Write a Summary","rendered":"How to Write a Summary"},"content":{"raw":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\nProficient students understand that\u00a0<em>summarizing<\/em>,\u00a0identifying what is most important and restating the text (or other media) in your own words,\u00a0is an important tool for college success.\r\n\r\nAfter all, if you really know a subject, you will be able to summarize it. If you cannot summarize a subject, even if you have memorized all the facts about it, you can be absolutely sure that you have not learned it. And, if you truly learn the subject, you will still be able to summarize it months or years from now.\r\n\r\nProficient students may monitor their understanding of a text by summarizing as they read. They understand that if they can write a one- or two-sentence summary of each paragraph after reading it, then that is a good sign that they have correctly understood it. If they can not summarize the main idea of the paragraph, they know that comprehension has broken down and they need to use fix-up strategies to repair understanding.\r\n<h3>Summary Writing Format<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>When writing a summary, remember that it should be in the form of a paragraph.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary begins with an\u00a0introductory sentence\u00a0that states the text's title, author and main point of the text as you see it.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary is\u00a0written in your own words.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>A summary contains only the ideas of the original text.\u00a0Do not insert\u00a0any of\u00a0your own opinions, interpretations, deductions or comments\u00a0into a summary.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Identify in order the significant sub-claims the author uses to defend the main point.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Copy word-for-word three separate passages from the essay that you think support and\/or defend the main point of the essay as you see it.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Cite each passage by first\u00a0signaling\u00a0the work and the author, put \u201cquotation marks\u201d around the passage you chose, and put the number of the paragraph where the passages can be found immediately after the passage.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Using source material from the essay is important. Why? Because defending claims with source material is what you will be asked to do when writing papers for your college professors.<\/li>\r\n\t<li>Write a last sentence that \u201cwraps\u201d up your summary; often a simple rephrasing of the main point.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Example Summary Writing Format<\/h3>\r\nIn the essay <em>Santa Ana<\/em>, author Joan Didion\u2019s main point is (<em>state main point<\/em>). According to Didion \u201c\u2026<em>passage 1<\/em>\u2026\u201d (para.3). Didion also writes \u201c\u2026<em>passage 2<\/em>\u2026\u201d (para.8). Finally, she states \u201c\u2026<em>passage 3<\/em>\u2026\u201d (para. 12) Write a last sentence that \u201cwraps\u201d up your summary; often a simple rephrasing of the main point.\r\n<div><\/div>\r\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Proficient students understand that\u00a0<em>summarizing<\/em>,\u00a0identifying what is most important and restating the text (or other media) in your own words,\u00a0is an important tool for college success.<\/p>\n<p>After all, if you really know a subject, you will be able to summarize it. If you cannot summarize a subject, even if you have memorized all the facts about it, you can be absolutely sure that you have not learned it. And, if you truly learn the subject, you will still be able to summarize it months or years from now.<\/p>\n<p>Proficient students may monitor their understanding of a text by summarizing as they read. They understand that if they can write a one- or two-sentence summary of each paragraph after reading it, then that is a good sign that they have correctly understood it. If they can not summarize the main idea of the paragraph, they know that comprehension has broken down and they need to use fix-up strategies to repair understanding.<\/p>\n<h3>Summary Writing Format<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>When writing a summary, remember that it should be in the form of a paragraph.<\/li>\n<li>A summary begins with an\u00a0introductory sentence\u00a0that states the text&#8217;s title, author and main point of the text as you see it.<\/li>\n<li>A summary is\u00a0written in your own words.<\/li>\n<li>A summary contains only the ideas of the original text.\u00a0Do not insert\u00a0any of\u00a0your own opinions, interpretations, deductions or comments\u00a0into a summary.<\/li>\n<li>Identify in order the significant sub-claims the author uses to defend the main point.<\/li>\n<li>Copy word-for-word three separate passages from the essay that you think support and\/or defend the main point of the essay as you see it.<\/li>\n<li>Cite each passage by first\u00a0signaling\u00a0the work and the author, put \u201cquotation marks\u201d around the passage you chose, and put the number of the paragraph where the passages can be found immediately after the passage.<\/li>\n<li>Using source material from the essay is important. Why? Because defending claims with source material is what you will be asked to do when writing papers for your college professors.<\/li>\n<li>Write a last sentence that \u201cwraps\u201d up your summary; often a simple rephrasing of the main point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Example Summary Writing Format<\/h3>\n<p>In the essay <em>Santa Ana<\/em>, author Joan Didion\u2019s main point is (<em>state main point<\/em>). According to Didion \u201c\u2026<em>passage 1<\/em>\u2026\u201d (para.3). Didion also writes \u201c\u2026<em>passage 2<\/em>\u2026\u201d (para.8). 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