Summaries

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Summaries
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What is a summary?
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A summary covers the main points of a work
(writing, movie, speech, article, etc.)
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Why write a summary?

• Find main (key) ideas
• Leave out extra unimportant information
• Demonstrate that you understand what you read
• Increase comprehension
• You will be writing summaries using the IVF
  format.

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What does IVF mean?

• I Identify
• V Verb
• F Finish the thought

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How to set up your paper for an IVF summary
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Step 1 Fold your paper burrito style (3 columns)
Name Period Date
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Step 2 Label the columns
Name Period Date
Identify
Verb
Finish the thought
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Step 3 Prepare the information
Name Period Date

• Identify Verb (choose 1)
  Finish the thought
• Author describes
• Genre (type explains
• or kind) tells
• Title
• Identify as many of
• these as possible!!

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Example IVF summary

• Identify
• Gary Sotos short story Seventh Grade

Verb (choose one) explains tells describes
Finish the thought a seventh grade boys first
day of school and how he tries to impress a
girl.
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Now what do I do?

• Identify
• Gary Sotos short story Seventh Grade

Verb (choose one) explains tells describes
Finish the thought a seventh grade boys first
day of school and how he tries to impress a girl.
Write your summary sentence
Gary Sotos short story Seventh Grade describes
a seventh grade boys first day of school and how
he tries to impress a girl.