EAPP3

Let’s Review!
Multiple Choice: Select the letter of the correct

answer.
This text structure often used in fiction,
biography, autobiography and
procedures/processes
a. Sequential/Chronology
b. Compare and Contrast
c. Cause and Effect
d. Problem and solution
In this kind of text structure, the author
describes a problem and then explains how
that problem was solved.
c. Cause and Effect
This structure explains basic information
about a topic.
c. Description
When a text compares two or more ideas,
that is a compare and contrast
c. Cause and Effect
This structure describes how one idea or
event causes another.
c. Cause and Effect
What is your favorite
movie?
Can you tell us all about the movie in
just 1 minute?
What have you noticed when she tells us about
the movie?
What do I need to learn?
• What is summarizing?
• What are the various techniques in summarizing an academic texts?
• What are the 5 easy techniques in summarizing academic texts?
• When is summarizing useful?
What is summarizing?
• According to Buckley (2004), in her popular writing “Text to Fit”
summarizing is reducing text to one-third or one-quarter of its original size,
Clearly articulating the authors meaning and retaining main ideas.
• Diane Hacker (2008) in a Canadian Writer’s Reference, explains that
summarizing involves stating a work’s thesis and main ideas “ simply, briefly
and accurately.”
What is summarizing?
• From Dictionaries, it is defined as taking a lot of

information and creating a condensed version that
covers the main points and to express the most
important facts or ideas about something or
someone and clear form.
Let’s take note of these phrases:
• Reducing text - “simply, briefly and accurately”

• Clearly articulating- condensed version
• Thesis- most important facts or ideas
• Main ideas – short and clear form
Various Techniques in Summarizing an
Academic Text
• 1. Read the work first to understand the authors intent.
Note: an inaccurate summary is plagiarism!

Academic Text
• 2. Present information through facts, skills and
concepts in visual formats. You can provide the
cause and effects charts, timelines, and Venn
diagrams, templates for outlines, use flow charts or
infographics.
3. Know the main points and the supporting details. You
can exclude any illustrations, examples, or explanations.
Academic Text
• 4. Analyze the text to save time in thinking what will you
do.
• 5. Think what information you will put in your summary.
Be sure to cover the main points and arguments of the
document.
• 6. Restating the words into different ones.
Academic Text
• 7. Organize all the ideas.
• 8. Write down all information in a coherent and
precise form
* 9. Represent information through using dimensional
constructions in representing concepts, skills or facts.
10. Do not use the same words with the
author.
“Use your own words!’’

Other Techniques in Summarizing an
Academic Text
There are 5 Other Techniques

Technique 1. Somebody Wanted But So Then
Somebody: Who is the story about

Wanted: What does the main character want?
But: Identify the problem that the main character encountered.
So: How does the main character?
Technique 2 : SAAC Method
It is a technique for summarizing any kinds of texts such as story, article,
speech and etc.
• S- tate ( state the name of the article, book or story)
• A-ssign( Indicate the name of the author)
• A-ction( identify what the author is doing)
• C-omplete( Complete the sentence with keywords and important details)
Technique 3
5 W’s and 1 H
• Who (Who is the story about?)

• What (What did they do?)
• When (When did the action takes place?)
• Where (Where did the story happened?)
• Why ( Why did the character do what she/he did?)
• How ( How did the main character did what he did?)
Technique 4
First, Then, Finally
• Helps students to summarize the text and events in chronological order
• The three words represents the beginning, the main action and conclusion of
the story respectively.
• First- what happened first?
-include the main character and main event/action
Technique 4
First, Then, Finally
• First- what happened first?
-include the main character and main event/action
• Then- what key details took place during the event/action?
• Finally- what were the results of the event/action?
Technique 5
Give me the Gist
When is summarizing useful?
• Summarizing is used to support an argument, provide context for a
paper's thesis, write literature reviews, and annotate a bibliography.
The benefit of summarizing lies in showing the "big picture," which allows
the reader to contextualize what you are saying.
• Summarizing teaches students how to discern the most important ideas
in a text, how to ignore irrelevant information, and how to integrate the
central ideas in a meaningful way. Teaching students to summarize improves
their memory for what is read. Summarization strategies can be used in
almost every content area.

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Let’s Review!

Multiple Choice: Select the letter of the correct

• From Dictionaries, it is defined as taking a lot of

• Reducing text - “simply, briefly and accurately”

Note: an inaccurate summary is plagiarism!

“Use your own words!’’

There are 5 Other Techniques

Somebody: Who is the story about

• Who (Who is the story about?)

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