Summarising
This week in English we have been learning to summarise and use it in our writing and literacy. To summarise means to give a brief statement or use the main points of a paragraph and shorten it. You can use summarising in any literacy piece.
An example before we summarise:
"Jen never liked P.E, she was always made fun of in school. Until later in life a friend made her go to the hospital, she later found out she had hip dysplaysia. Now jen became a personal trainer to encourage and support people who went through what she did."
How to summarise:
- Take the main points of the story and bullet point them. e.g:
- Jen never liked P.E
- Jen later found she had hip dysplasia
- Now Jen became a personal trainer
"Jen never liked P.E, Jen later found the reason... she had hip dysplaisa. Now Jen became a personal trainer to help others."
Now you have a complete sentence built up of all the main points from the story, we have created a shorter and simpler version of the first paragraph.
Why we use summarising:
We use summarising to give a shorter description of a story or piece of literacy, as it creates an easier version to understand rather than reading a whole paragraph.
