Responding in Writing
6 Summarizing choose one of the following paragraphs from the reading in part 1, page 28, to summarize.
Garbage Collection (Paragraph C)
Transportation (Paragraph D)
A Creative Social Program (Paragraph E)
Because a summary is shorter than the original, try to write only three or four sentences. To write this summary, follow these steps:
Make sure that you understand the paragraph well.
Identify the topic, the main idea, and important details.
Choose two or three important details.
Do not include less important details.
In order to summarize this in your own words, don’t look at the original paragraph as you write. When you finish writing, compare your summary with those of other students who summarized the same paragraph. Is your main idea the same? Did you choose the same details?