SUMMARIZING

Prepared by:
SHIELA PACO-REPE
SST-1, AYUNGON SCINCE HS
OBJECTIVES

• Differentiate relevant from irrelevant facts

• Construct short, informative summaries of
stories and events
• Use phrases, clauses and sentences
appropriately and meaningfully in writing a
summary
mOTIVATION

What constitutes/makes
up a good writing?
mOTIVATION

View the video clip

“How to Write a Summary”
summary

-a shortened version or a gist

-omits details, and does not
include the reader's
interpretation of the original
PRECIS SYNOPSIS

SUMMARY

ABSTRACT GIST
Salient points to remember:
Base your summary on the
original piece
Keep your summary short
Use your own wording
Refer to the central and main
ideas of the original piece
Salient points to remember:
Read with who, what,
when, where, why and how
questions in mind.
Avoid putting in your
opinion on the issue or topic
discussed in the original
piece
Sample Text:
the lessons one can learn about life from a dog
There are so many lessons one can learn about life
from a dog. Imagine this scenario: it is raining heavily
outside and you need to leave for someone's house. The dog
is up and eager, to go with you. You tell it to stay home. As
you leave, you see it squeezing out through the gap in the
doorway. You scold it and order it back home. Then at every
turn you make, you suddenly see it following you
sheepishly at a distance. It follows at the risk of being
reprimanded for the sore reason of being somewhere
nearby. How else can we experience so selfless an instance
of love and faithfulness? We can learn a lifelong lesson from
this sincere warm display of perpetual companionship.
 Observe the eating habits of your dog. It does
not eat, except when hungry. It does not drink,
unless it is thirsty. It does not gorge itself. It stops
eating when it has had enough.

A dog also sets a perfect example of

adaptability. If it is moved to a strange place, it is
able to adapt itself to that place and to its thousand
peculiarities without a murmur of complaint. It is
able to learn and adapt to a new family's ways and
customs. It is quick and ready to please. Man, being
accustomed to comfort and wealth will be lost if
suddenly stripped of all he is accustomed to.
 A dog also teaches us a thing or two about, unselfish
love. When a dog knows death is approaching, it tries, with
its last vestige of strength, to crawl away elsewhere to die, in
order to burden its owners no more.

A dog does things with all vigor. However, when there

is nothing to do, it lies down and rests. It does not waste its
strength and energy needlessly. Many working people are
burning the candles at both ends. Many suffer nervous
breakdowns due to stress. Perhaps, they should learn to rest
like a dog does.

A dog above all is truly man's best friend.

summary
Dogs can teach us many lessons of life. It can teach us
through its acts of love and faithfulness, endangering itself
just to accompany you. We can also learn from its eating
habits. It will never over-indulge and knows which food to
avoid. Dogs are also able to adapt to its surroundings quickly
without complaining as compared to man who complains at
the slightest change. Dogs are also unselfish, choosing not to
burden his loved ones but to go away and die. Dogs also know
when to work and when to play. They do not waste their
efforts unnecessarily like some of us do at work. Thus, dogs
can set us great examples through their day-to-day living.
( 120 words )
Abstraction

Why do we summarize a text?

How do we summarize a text?
application
Read the text “Bats” from the
worksheet provided.

Write a two-paragraph
summary of the text following
the salient points in
summarizing.
Assessment

Present your written summary

to the class.
Output will be graded using a
rubric.
Rubric for summarizing
ASSIGNMENT
Cut out or print a brief article
from a newspaper or magazine,
which you will read, highlighting
important information from the
article. Write a summary of what
you’ve read.