EAPP REVIEWER 3

• According to Buckley (2004), in her popular writing text Fit to Print,

  defines ________ as reducing text to one-third or one- quarter its original

  size, clearly articulating the author’s meaning, and retaining main ideas

  Summarizing
• is a short retelling of a longer passage, containing the author’s

  most important ideas.

  Summary
• much shorter than a paraphrase.

  summary
• is used to support an argument, provide context

  for a paper’s thesis, literature reviews, and annotate a bibliography.

  Summarizing
• is an excellent summarizing strategy

  for stories. Each word represents a key question related to the story's essential elements:

  Somebody Wanted But So Then
• is another useful technique for summarizing any

  kind of text (such as a story, an article, or a speech).

  SAAC method
• SAAC stands for?

  State, Assign, Action, Complete
• the name of the article, book, or story

  State
• the name of the author

  Assign
• what the author is doing (example: tells, explains)

  Action
• complete the sentence or summary with keywords and

  important details

  Complete
• does not include clear guidance about what details to

  include, which some students might find tricky.

  SAAC
• relies on six crucial questions: who, what,

  when, where, why, and how. These questions make it easy to identify the main character, important details, and main idea

  5 Ws, 1 H
• helps students summarize events in

  chronological order. The three words represent the beginning, main action, and conclusion of a story, respectively

  First Then Finally
• When someone asks for "the gist" of a story, they want to know what the story is about. In other words, they want a summary—not a retelling of every detail.

  Give me the Gist or Outlining