4.3 Summarising
4.3 Summarising
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Writing a three to four sentence summary of an informational text
Writing a three to four sentence summary of an informational text
Summarising is retelling what happened by focusing on the main details.
It is a shortened retelling of a text that includes only the most important parts in the order they happened1.
We can learn the skill of summarising a non-fiction text using the TAMKO strategy- Type of the Text and Title, Author and Action, Main Idea, Key Details, Organisation 4,5.
Fig 3.1: TAMKO- Non-fiction Summarising Strategy4
Read the text ‘Fun Culinary Creations’ below. Below is an example summary of the text:
Glossary
Glossary
skill: a learned ability or talent to do something well
comprehension: understanding and making sense of something you read, or learn
complex: something that is made up of detailed parts, making it difficult to understand
effectively: doing something in a way that produces the desired result or outcome
efficiently: doing something in a way that saves time and resources while achieving the intended goal
Summary:
Summary:
Summarising is the process of making information shorter while conveying the main ideas and key details.
Summarising the text helps us improve comprehension, efficiently learn something new, to identify key information, and communicate effectively.
We can learn the skill of summarising a nonfiction text using the TAMKO strategy:
Type of the Text and Title, Author and Action, Main Idea, Key Details, Organisation
References
1Summarizing. Reading Rockets (n.d.) (link)
2The Importance of Summarising as an Academic Skill. The London Writing Academy (2021) (link)
3What is a Summary? Twinkl (n.d.) (link)
43 Reading Strategies to Help Students Summarize Nonfiction Text. Stellar Teacher (n.d.) (link)
5Summarising Nonfiction. Stellar Teacher (n.d.) (link)
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