summarizing why we use it and how to do it.. summarizing why? ◦ to help you understand what you...
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SummarizingWhy we use it and how to do it.
SummarizingWhy?
◦To help you understand what you are reading.
◦To know what information should be included in your research.
SummarizingHow?
◦Identify the main idea in the information.
◦Identify key details of the main idea.
◦Re-write that information in your own words.
SummarizingQuestions to ask yourself:
◦Who/What is this about?◦What about them/it?◦When?◦Where? ◦Why did it happen?◦How did it happen? ◦Note: Not all questions will apply
SummarizingTurn to your partner . . .
◦Each partner should give one reason why summarizing is important.
SummarizingPractice:
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
SummarizingPractice:
◦Who/What?
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
SummarizingPractice:
◦What about it?
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
SummarizingPractice:
◦When?
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
◦Hhmm . . . It doesn’t say . . .
SummarizingPractice:
◦Where?
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
◦Hhmm . . . It doesn’t say . . .
SummarizingPractice:
◦Why?
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
◦Hhmm . . . It doesn’t say . . .
SummarizingPractice:
◦How?
◦By current scientific reckoning, our planet is 4.54 billion years old, give or take a few million years.
SummarizingPractice:
◦Re-Write in my own words:
◦Scientists say the earth is about 4 1/2 billion years old.
SummarizingPractice: Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦Who/What?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦What about them?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦What about them?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦When?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦When?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦Where?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
◦It doesn’t say
SummarizingPractice:
◦Why?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦Why?
◦Until about a decade ago, doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
SummarizingPractice:
◦How?
◦Until about a decade ago, that doctors knew so little about the sense of smell, that patients who complained that they could no longer smell things - a condition known as anosmia - were brushed aside.
◦It doesn’t say