MELC:Summarize key information from a text.

GENERAL DIRECTIONS. Read each activity carefully and follow directions accordingly.
Remember that directions would always be part of the test.

Activity 1: Modified True or False
Directions: Write the word TRUE if the statement is correct and if not underline the word or
phrase that makes the statement incorrect and write the corrected one on the
space provided before the number.
Examples:
TRUE. A summary is usually short and essay to comprehend.
short; easy. A summary is usually long and hard to comprehend.

__________________1.A summary should be based on the original piece.

__________________2. The main idea is the central point that one knows how to recognize.

__________________3. When summarizing a given material, one must be subjective as possible.

__________________4. A summary is defined as a brief statement that presents the most important
points.

__________________5.Paraphrasing refers to restating someone else’s work or idea in a different level
of details.

__________________6. The title in a particular text is provided to support the main idea.

__________________7.When writing a summary one should use his/her own words to retell the most
important ideas in a given text.

__________________8.Coherence is a key feature of a good summary.

__________________9.Key information refers to pieces of evidence, reasons, examples and
explanations.

_________________10.Summarizing and sequencing are both techniques to be used when writing
materials like an essay or a research paper.