Summary Writing

You need to be able to summarize before you can be successful at most of the other kinds of writing that will be demanded of you in school, and it is an important part of note taking also. You want to leave your personal opinions or interpretations and just leave the facts out there as they were received.


You can answer questions such as “what was the movie about?” “how did the game go?” and “what did I miss in class today?” answering these questions are given in a summery. Someone asking might not want to knew ever single detail from the class they missed the other day. You need to pick important details and then convey that to someone. Similarly, when you summarize a reading you need to be able to find the important data and then present it as clearly and concisely as possible.