This lesson contains 16 slides, with text slides and 2 videos.
Items in this lesson
Making a summary
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Why a summary?
You are engaged with the material, which means you are already learning.
Distinguishing main and secondary issues
Gives overview
Slide 2 - Slide
Problems
My summary is (as) long(er) as the original text
How do I know what is important?
Slide 3 - Slide
Main and secondary issues
Main issues: the important things from the text
These should be in your summary!
Slide 4 - Slide
So what are side issues?
The minor issues from the text
Examples
Details
You leave these out in your summary!
Slide 5 - Slide
Before reading the text
Look at the structure of the text.
Why?
This way, you get an overview of the text and know what the writer wants to achieve with his text.
Slide 6 - Slide
After?
Read the whole text.
Slide 7 - Slide
Different ways to summarise
Slide 8 - Slide
Slide 9 - Slide
Mindmap
W-questions and H-question
Who? What? Where? When? How?
These are questions that often need to be answered in a summary.
Slide 10 - Slide
Slide 11 - Video
Summary showing the structure of the book
Slide 12 - Slide
Sources
Unless your teacher explicitly tells you to learn a source, you do not have to summarise it (= side note)
Tip: do review your made assignment with the source carefully.
Learning questions
This book notes the main learning questions for this chapter/section.
Tip: include them in your summary and answer them! (=key issues)
In history and geography, they are also called the ‘know and be able to’.
Summary of the text
Gebruik dezelfde kopjes en vat hieronder belangrijkste zaken samen.
Tip: gebruik tekens om wat overzicht te krijgen, zoals: --> (gevolg) = (conclusie, uitkomst) Etc.
Thickly printed words
Zijn begrippen waar je de definitie (=betekenis) van moet kennen. Neem ze op in je samenvatting
Om begrippen te leren, kun je eventueel ook dezelfde strategie om woordjes te leren gebruiken (kaartjesmethode bijv.)
Slide 13 - Slide
Slide 14 - Video
Today we are going to make a summary for history
Different types of summaries
Mind map
Column chart
Text structure
Remember
Noting only the main points
Using symbols, such as ‘--->’ (consequence), or ‘=’ (synomym) etc.
Using colours
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Practise!
Choose a section of the test material you are going to summarise. Choose the same section together. After your summary, you will compare each other's summary.
