les 6,5: Letters back and reading file.

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• mavo
• Leerjaar 4

Goals and planning

Receive feedback on your email. Work on leesdossier together by summarizing texts.

• Attendance (5 min)
• What is summarizing (10 min)
• Getting to work (30 min)
• Wrap up (5 min)

What is a summary?

• A summary is a concise overview of a text you’ve read (or other media you’ve watched or listened to).
•  Whether you’re writing a summary for yourself or for an audience, the purpose of a summary is to briefly encapsulate the central points of the larger body of work.

Why should you summarize?

it helps you better understand the original work. By rewriting what you’ve learned, you can make sure you thoroughly comprehend the main points.

1) Read/watch/listen to the original work and take notes.

It’s a good idea to take notes while you’re reading, watching, or listening to the original work. Write down anything that stands out to you, especially if it’s important and helps the audience understand the bigger picture.

2) When you’re done reading, break the larger work into sections.

Breaking down the original work into sections can help make the summarizing process more manageable. Think of it as the outline for the summary you’re about to write. A well-written summary has a smooth flow, and breaking the original work into sections can help achieve this.

3) Rewrite the main idea of the original work in your own writing.

When writing the summary, remember to restate and condense the original work in your own words. Include only what’s important, and don’t add anything from outside sources. A well-written summary goes over the central idea of the original work without critiquing or analyzing.

4) Reread the summary with the original work as a reference.

When you’re done writing the summary, do a final check with the original work as a guide. Did you include all the necessary information? Did you remove any redundancies? Is everything written in your own words? If you used text from the original work, did you quote it? Is the original work accurately represented in your text from beginning to end?

How Long Is a Summary?

A general rule of thumb is that a summary should be one-third of the original text (for short stories and descriptive texts like newspaper articles), and 10% for larger works (like novels).

Done? Ask yourself 2 questions

• Did I touch upon all the major ideas and points of the original work I am summarizing?
  
• Is there anything I can remove that won’t alter how the audience (or myself) understands the larger body of work?

Instructions

What: Summarize leesdossier in English

Why: Maximum understanding

How: Together read all texts, then divide the texts for summarizing

Time: 30 min

Help: Groups of 4, teacher is not always available, use tips for summarizing

Outcome: Share summaries with each other for test

Done: Look at your email and rewrite. 

In the meantime...

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