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\r\n\r\nProficient students understand that\u00a0summarizing<\/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

Summary Writing Format<\/h3>\r\n
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  • When writing a summary, remember that it should be in the form of a paragraph.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • A summary begins with an\u00a0introductory sentence\u00a0that states the text\u2019s title, author and main point of the text as you see it.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • A summary is\u00a0written in your own words.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • 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.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • If you quote from the original text, be sure to put \u201cquotation marks\u201d around the passage you chose. Also, cite the page on which this quote appeared. Ex: (40)<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t
  • Write a last sentence that \u201cwraps\u201d up your summary; often a simple rephrasing of the main point.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"
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    Proficient students understand that\u00a0summarizing<\/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

    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

    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

    Summary Writing Format<\/h3>\n
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    • When writing a summary, remember that it should be in the form of a paragraph.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • A summary begins with an\u00a0introductory sentence\u00a0that states the text\u2019s title, author and main point of the text as you see it.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • A summary is\u00a0written in your own words.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • 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.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • If you quote from the original text, be sure to put \u201cquotation marks\u201d around the passage you chose. Also, cite the page on which this quote appeared. Ex: (40)<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Write a last sentence that \u201cwraps\u201d up your summary; often a simple rephrasing of the main point.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":274624,"menu_order":67,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-3128","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":62,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/274624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3128\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3130,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3128\/revisions\/3130"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/62"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3128\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=3128"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-newpaltz-engcomp1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=3128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}