Why should we summarize information?
- Knowing how to summarize a nonfiction text is a skill that will help them in the future.
- Knowing how to clearly state the main points of an informational text is important when you read news articles or watch videos related to science or social studies.
- Today, you will practice identifying the main idea of a text to write a three- to four-sentence summary.
Here is a guide on how you can summarize what you learnt:
- What are is main idea for the information in question? Write about it.
- What supporting details can you recollect and how can they reinforce the main idea?
- Distinguish the interesting information from the important information
- Talk about key points of text
- Conclude the summary