First Lessons in EAPP

EAPP Part 2 Midterms
Summarizing and Summary
Summarizing
A short restatement of the main idea and contains the main points.
Summary
The output.

Techniques in Summarizing:
1. Somebody Wanted But So Then
Somebody
Who was the text about?
Wanted
What did the main character want?
But
What was the problem encountered?
So
How was the problem solved?
Then
Tell how the story ends.

2. SAAC Method
State
The name of the article, book, or story.
Assign
The author.


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, Action
What the author is doing
Example: Tells the audience or explains something.
Complete
Complete the sentence or summary with keywords.

3. 5 Ws and 1 H
Who is the story about?
What did they do?
When did the action take place?
Where did the story happen?
Why did the main character do what s/he did?
How did the main character do what s/he did?

4. First Then Finally
It helps students summarize events in chronological order.
First
What happened first?
Then
What key details took place in the event?
Finally
What are the results?

5. Give me the Gist
A technique that is like giving a friend the main point of your story.

Thesis Statement
A statement that summarizes the topic and your position on it.


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