Writing a Summary

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Writing a Summary
Your First Chance
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Just checking..

• Who Blue Oyster Cult and Bruce Dickinson, also
  highlighting Gene Frenkle and his cowbell.
• What Recording Dont Fear the Reaper cow
  bell highlight
• Where Sunshine Studios
• When August, 1976
• Why Addition of cow bell disrupts the band,
  creates a minor rift yet they are able to come
  together in the end
• How With the assistance of THE Bruce Dickinson,
  the band is able to come together

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How To Write A Summary

• ENG 101

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Analyze the items below and explore different
ways to group them . . .
Killed Foolish Facebook Vulnerability Handwriting
Text Anticipation Failure Personal Deciphering
Modern romance Alpha male Love Flowers Publically adored
Man Woman Friend Shooting Nice
Now, based on the words provided above, what do
you think the essay we are about to read is about?
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Has Texting Killed Romance?
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1. Read the passage carefully.

• Determine its structure.
• Identify the authors purpose in writing. (This
  will help you to distinguish between more
  important and less important details.)

Label above the title of the article.
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2. Reread, label and underline

• This time divide the passage into sections or
  stages of thought (the authors use of
  paragraphing will often be a useful guide.)
• Label, on the passage itself, each section or
  stage of thought.
• Underline/highlight key ideas and terms.

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3. Write one-sentence summary.

• Be sure you include each stage of thought.

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4. Write a thesis a one sentence summary of the
entire passage.

• The thesis should express the central idea of the
  passage, as you have determined it from the
  preceding steps.
• Note in some cases a suitable thesis may
  already be in the original passage, if so, you
  may want to quote that!

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5. Write the first draft of your summary

• Combine the thesis with the one-sentence
  summaries plus significant details from the
  passage.
• Eliminate repetition. Eliminate less important
  information. Disregard minor details, or
  generalize them. Use as few words as possible to
  convey the main ideas.

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6. Check your summary against the original
passage.

• Make whatever adjustments are necessary for
  accuracy and completeness.

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7. Revise your summary.

• Insert transitional words and phrases where
  necessary to ensure coherence.
• Check for style
• You will want to ensure that you include who,
  what, where, when, why, and how
• Avoid series of short, choppy sentences
• Combine sentences for a smooth, logical flow of
  ideas
• Check for grammatical correctness, punctuation
  and spelling
• A little something extra look at your
  vocabulary and add 2 vocabulary words from lesson
  3.

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Finished? Hold on to your summary! We are going
to add to it!