Summarising

Dear Grade 10s

We have been learning how to summarise a text in class.
Here are some guidelines to follow when summarising any article.

1) Read the article to gather what it is about. Remember to read the headline, the name of the author and the date that it was printed.
2) Re-read the article with a pencil in your hand: underline any important ideas or words.
3) Condense these ideas into bullet points.
4) Bullet points must be written in your OWN WORDS and in FULL SENTENCES. These should be no more than 20 words at most.
5) Turn rhetorical questions into statements.
6) Leave out unnecessary details like people's names (unless this is vital), dates, quotes, descriptions, emotive language and imagery.
7) Write in the third person - not as "I."
8) Use a formal register.
9) Do not add your opinion on the matter or any extra information that you might have about the topic.
10) Write a paragraph in full sentences and your own words.
11) Proof read your paragraph to ensure that there are no errors.
12) You MUST put a WORD COUNT at the bottom of your paragraph