Guidelines for summarizing an article

 

1.                  Highlight the article – find the main ideas and underline them. The main ideas are the basis for the summary!

2.                  Include only the main ideas in the summary. You can use an example only if it is crucial to understanding the main idea.

3.                  The main ideas must be written in your own words! Paraphrase the key points in the text.

4.                  The length of the summary is about a third of the original text.

5.                  Combine and integrate information from the text by using connectors.

6.                  Each summary must have a title and bibliography.

7.                  Each student is responsible for summarizing one source at least.

8.                  When you hand in the summaries, put the summary and the original article in the same nylon bag.

 

Next stages:

1.                  Each member chooses 1-2 sources and summarize them. I need to see 4 sources summarized. Put the summary together with the source.

2.                  Hand in the summaries on 5.11

3.                  Design the cover page.