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This series of worksheets will run you through the basic process of forming and writing a summary of text that you are exploring. Make sure to pay attention to all the details along the way and if something seems out of place, go back and reread what is unclear.
Summary Writing 1A: General Academic. Aim: To support students in their understanding of what a summary is, the steps in writing a summary and practice in using the suggested steps to produce five summaries. Time: 90+ minutes.
Here is a worksheet to help students practice summarizing. Read four nonfiction paragraphs about trains, highlight or underline important information, and write a title for the passage related to its main idea. Then create a summary.
A summary is a synthesis of the main points of an article written in your own words. It is a combination of selecting the relevant information and condensing it so that it is no more than a third of the length of the original text. A good summary illustrates that you have understood the text clearly.
By focusing on a variety of summarizing techniques, these worksheets guide students through the essential steps of effective summarization, equipping them with skills that will enhance their reading comprehension and writing clarity.
When summarising a text: look for the key information. look at each paragraph, locate the topic sentence (often the first one) and decide what the main point is. list the key points. only include ...
A summary worksheet in Excel is a sheet that consolidates and summarizes data from multiple worksheets or ranges within a workbook. It provides a quick and easy way to view the key information and metrics from various parts of a workbook in one central location.
