EAPP - Various Techniques in Summarizing a Variety of Academic Text

Summary

A short account of the central ideas of a text

Summarizing

Means rewriting something in your own words but shortening it by stating only the main idea and the supporting points you need for you purposes

Somebody Wanted But So Then

Is an excellent summarizing strategy for stories. Each word represents a key question related to the story’s essential elements

Somebody/Character

any person, animal, or figure

Wanted/Goal

What does the character wants

But/Conflict

Problem encountered

So/Solution

Solve the problem

Then/Ending

How to story ends

SAAC Method

Is another useful technique for summarizing any kind of text (story, article, speech, etc.)

• State

• Assign

• Action

• Complete

What does SAAC stands for

State

name of the article, book, or story

Assign

Nam of the authors

Action

What the author is doing

Complete

The sentence or summary

5 W’s, 1H

Relies on six crucial questions. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, the important details, and the main idea

• What

• Who

• Where

• When

• Why

• How

5 W’s, 1H

First, then, Finally

Technique helps students summarize events in chronological order. The three words represent the beginning, main action, and conclusion of a story

Give Me The Gist

When someone asks for “the g___” of a story, they want to know what the story all about

Use of Graphic Organizers

You may use “who, what, when, where, why, and how” as guide questions in making

• Concept Maps

• Tables

Use of Graphic Organizers examples:

Outline

It includes the main points and arguments in the same order they appear in the orginal text

Sentence Outline

More Specific outline

Topic Outline

General outline

• Sentence Outline

• Topic Outline

Outline examples: