TEMPLATE: Writing a Summary - in Your Own Words - Part 2

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Instructions

How to Use This Template

 

In this activity, students will practice writing sentences in their own words in preparation for writing a summary.

  • Students will see the sentences in this activity in the next activity as well. The process of writing the sentences in their own words will prepare students to be successful in the next activity which included a scaffolded series of questions to guide students towards writing a summary.

 

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Purpose and Outcomes

Practice rewriting sentences in your own words. This will prepare you to write a compete summary.

Instructions

To complete the assignment:

  1. Review the information below about writing a summary.
  2. Take the quiz to analyze a summary and personal response and submit it to me when you are done.

Lesson

 

Summarizing in Your Own Words

 

When you write a summary it is important to not copy from the original reading. You should rewrite the ideas in your own words. 

 

Here are some suggestions to help you reword information from a sentence. ​

  • Change the order of the information in the sentence.​
  • Repeat key words or phrases.​
  • Use different words for the same idea.

 

Here is an example of how you might rewrite a sentence in your own words.

  • Original Sentence: It is essential to pay attention to you appearance when you go for a job interview.
  • Reworded Sentence: When you interview for a job, it is important that you think about what you wear, how you look and the way you present yourself.

 

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