SummarizingWhy we use it and how to do it.

SummarizingWhy?

◦To help you understand what you are reading.

◦To know what information should be included in your research.

SummarizingHow?

◦Identify the main idea in the information.

◦Identify key details of the main idea.

◦Re-write that information in your own words.

SummarizingQuestions to ask yourself:

◦Who/What is this about?◦What about them/it?◦When?◦Where? ◦Why did it happen?◦How did it happen? ◦Note: Not all questions will apply

SummarizingTurn to your partner . . .

◦Each partner should give one reason why summarizing is important.

SummarizingPractice:

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

SummarizingPractice:

◦Who/What?

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

SummarizingPractice:

◦What about it?

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

SummarizingPractice:

◦When?

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

◦Hhmm . . . It doesn’t say . . .

SummarizingPractice:

◦Where?

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

◦Hhmm . . . It doesn’t say . . .

SummarizingPractice:

◦Why?

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

◦Hhmm . . . It doesn’t say . . .

SummarizingPractice:

◦How?

◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.

SummarizingPractice:

◦Re-Write in my own words:

◦Scientists say the earth is about 4 1/2 billion years old.

SummarizingPractice: Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦Who/What?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦What about them?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦What about them?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦When?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦When?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦Where?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

◦It doesn’t say

SummarizingPractice:

◦Why?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦Why?

◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

SummarizingPractice:

◦How?

◦Until about a decade ago, that doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.

◦It doesn’t say