Summarizing and Thesis Statement

Lesson 2:
Summarization
Lesson 3:
Thesis Statement
English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Objectives:
 DEFINE summarizing and thesis
Statement;
 USE various techniques in summarizing
variety of academic text;
 COMPOSE a thesis statement from various
Academic text.
What do you call a text that
is typically considered as
formal mode of writing
intended for an educated
audience?
What are the PARTS of a
FORMAL ESSAY
STRUCTURE?
Try to recall a
movie that you
watched during
your summer
vacation
Did you find
the retelling
story
difficult?
What is Summarizing?
 It involves condensing the text into a
shorter form.
 It involves getting only the most important
parts of the material.
 It is normally one-third length of the
original text.
SUMmarize it
s horter than the text
U se your own words
Main IDEAS ONLY

Element
of a
Good
Element of a Good Summary
Clarify your purpose before

1 reading.
Read the text and understand

2 the meaning.
Do not stop reading until you

3 understand the message.
Locate the gist or main idea

4 of the text.
Select the key ideas and

5 phrases while reading.
6 Annotate the Text.

Write all the key ideas and phrases

7 on the margin or on your notebook
in a bullet or outline form.
8 Identify the connections of key ideas

and phrases using concept map.
9 List ideas in sentence form in a

concept map.
10 Combine the sentences into a

paragraph.
11 Use appropriate transitional

devices to improve cohesion.
12 Do not copy single sentence

from the original text.
13 Refrain from adding comments

about the text.
14 Edit the draft of your summary.

15 Record details of the original

source (author’s name, date of
publication, title, publisher,
place, place of publishing, and
URL (if online).
16 It is not necessary to indicate

the page number/s of the
original text in citing sources in
summaries.
Techniques in
Summarizing
1. Somebody Wanted But So Then
• Somebody : Who is the story about?
• Wanted : What does the main character want?
• But : Identify a problem that the main
character encountered.
• So : How does the main character solve the
problem?
• Then : Tell how the story ends.
1. Somebody Wanted But So Then
Example:
• Somebody : Little pigs
• Wanted : To live on their own
Summary:
• But : The big bad wolf wanted to
eat them
The little pigs wanted to live on their
own. However, the big bad wolf • So : All three pigs worked together
wanted to eat them. All three pigs and sent the wolf running
worked together and sent the wolf • Then : The pigs lived happily
running. Then the pigs lived happily
ever after
ever after.
2. SAAC Method
• It is another useful technique for summarizing
any kind of text (story, article, speech, etc.).
• SAAC is an acronym for "State, Assign,
Action, Complete."
• Each word in the acronym refers to a specific
element that should be included in the
summary
2. SAAC Method
State:
The boy who cried wolf
Assign:
Aesop (greek Storyteller)
EXAMPLE: Action:
Tell
Complete:
What happen when a shepherd boy repeatedly
lies to the villagers about seeing a wolf
3. 5 W’s and 1H
 Six crucial questions: who, what, when, where, why, and how.
 These questions make it easy to identify the main character, the
important details, and the main idea.
• Who is the story about?

• What did they do?
• When did the action take place?
• Where did the story happen?
• Why did the main character do what he/she did?
• How did the main character do what he/she did?
4. First, Then, Finally
 This technique helps students summarize events in
chronological order.
 The three words represent the beginning, main action,
and conclusion of a story, respectively:
• 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?
5. Give me Gist
 When someone asks for "the gist" of a story, they want to
know what the story is about.
 In other words, they want a summary—not a retelling of
every detail.
Format in Summarizing
01 Idea heading
02 Author heading
03 Date heading
01 Idea heading
 The summarized idea comes before the
citation
Example:
02 Author heading
 The summarized idea comes after the
citation
Example:
03 Date heading
 The summarized idea comes after the date
when the materials were published.
Example:
Lesson 3:
THESIS
Statement
What is Thesis Statement?
 It is a statement that summarizes your topic and
declares your position on it.
 It tells the reader how will you interpret the
significance of the subject matter under
discussion.
 It is a road map for the paper. It tells the reader
what to expect from the rest of the paper.
CHARACTERISTICS OF THE THESIS
STATEMENT
1. Covers exactly the topic you want to talk about, no
more and no less.
2. Let your reader know what to expect.
3. Usually appears in your paper’s introductory
paragraph.
4. Helps you better organize and develop the contents of
your paper.
In identifying the thesis statement, there are three (3)
things that you have to look into:
 Claim
What does the author trying to say?
 Evidence
How do you know this?
 Significance
Why it matter?
Two styles of Thesis Statement
01 Persuasive
02 Informative
01 Persuasive
• in an example given below you see that opinion was stated
(the best type of sandwich), which means I have chosen a
stance.
Example:
Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are the best type of sandwich
because they are versatile, easy to make, and taste good.
02 Informative
• (rather than argumentative). You want to declare your intentions in
this essay and guide the reader to the conclusion that you reach.
Example:
To make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, you must procure
the ingredients, find a knife, and spread the condiments.
A Thesis Statement Should:
1. Be clear and specific.

2. State the focus of investigation in the
research.
3. Not be answerable with a yes/no response.
For example:
How is Royal Roads University
different from other post-
secondary institutions on
Vancouver Island?
A good thesis statement will usually include the
following four attributes:
1. Take on a subject upon which reasonable people could

disagree
2. Deal with a subject that can be adequately treated
given the nature of the assignment
3. Express one main idea
4. Assert your conclusions about a subject
Locating
Explicit and
Implicit
Thesis Statement
EXPLICIT THESIS
STATEMENTS
 Means straightforward
 Thesis statement is written in the text
 Usually located at the end of the
introduction.
Implicit thesis
statement
 Thesis statement is not written in the text.
 Readers will formulate the thesis statement
based on their understanding of the text.
Parts of a Thesis Statement
1. Topic - Subject of the text
2. Position - Your on the topic
3. Reasons - Explanation and Justification of

your position
4. Concession - An opposing viewpoint on
the topic
EXAMPLE:
1. Topic: Regulating Children’s Mobile Gaming

2. Position: Parents should regulate the amount of time their
children spend on mobile gaming.
3. Reasons : 1. It inhibits social interaction.

2. It shortens children’s attention span.
3. It’s not always intellectually stimulating.
4. Concession: Mobile gaming can be educational

Modes of
Thesis
Writing
Basic Thesis Statement:
(Topic + Position)
Parents should
regulate the amount of
time their children
spend on mobile
gaming.
Thesis Statement with Cohesion:
(Basic Topic + Concession)
While Mobile Gaming can

be educational, parents
should regulate the
amount of time their
children spend on Mobile
gaming.
Thesis Statement with Cohesion:
(Basic Topic + Concession)
While Mobile Gaming can be educational, parents

should regulate the amount of time their children
spend on Mobile gaming.
Thesis Statement with Concession and

Reason:
(Thesis statement with concession +
Reason/s)
Even though Mobile Gaming can be
educational, parents should regulate the
amount of time their children spend on Mobile
gaming because it inhibits social Interaction, It
shortens children’s attention spans, and it isn’t
always intellectually stimulating.
Thesis Statement with Reason:
(Basic Topic + Reason/s)
Parents should regulate the

amount of time their children
spend on mobile gaming
because it inhibits social
interaction, it shorten children’s
attention spans, and it isn’t
always intellectually
stimulating.
QUIZ
TRUE OR FALSE. Write TRUE if the statement supports
the principle of thesis statement; otherwise FALSE.
1. A good thesis statement is a broad generalization

about your topic.
2. Thesis statement is simple statement of fact.
3. It is a road map for the paper; in other words,
it tells the reader what to expect from the rest of the
paper.
4. Thesis statement is a question in response to the
writing assignment.
5. It tells the reader what the paper will focus on.
Test II. Essay - 5 points.
6-10.
WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO
SUMMARIZE? (2-3 sentences)
TAKE HOME ACTIVITY:
Open this link and answer the

activity about thesis statement.
https://www.luc.edu/media/lucedu/thewritingcenter/writingre
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Lesson 2:

U se your own words

Main IDEAS ONLY

Clarify your purpose before

Read the text and understand

Do not stop reading until you

Locate the gist or main idea

Select the key ideas and

6 Annotate the Text.

Write all the key ideas and phrases

8 Identify the connections of key ideas

9 List ideas in sentence form in a

10 Combine the sentences into a

11 Use appropriate transitional

12 Do not copy single sentence

13 Refrain from adding comments

14 Edit the draft of your summary.

15 Record details of the original

16 It is not necessary to indicate

• Somebody : Little pigs

• Wanted : To live on their own

• Who is the story about?

1. Be clear and specific.

1. Take on a subject upon which reasonable people could

2. Position - Your on the topic

3. Reasons - Explanation and Justification of

1. Topic: Regulating Children’s Mobile Gaming

3. Reasons : 1. It inhibits social interaction.

4. Concession: Mobile gaming can be educational

While Mobile Gaming can

While Mobile Gaming can be educational, parents

Thesis Statement with Concession and

Parents should regulate the

1. A good thesis statement is a broad generalization

Open this link and answer the

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