5. Read
Where is the area of passage to be summarised?
What do you need to summarise?
How many parts are there to answer?
What is the word limit?
What is the purpose of summary?
Whose point of view do you write the summay in?
Does the no of opening words include/exclude the
summary?
6. 2. Mark off
Find relevant points for the question
Highlight the relevant points
Number them
Look for at least 10 points for content
Search for topic sentences
7. 3. Combine
Arrange your points in a logical order according to
purpose
Use a variety of sentence structure
Write your summary in a paragraph only.
8. 4. Edit
Count and write down the no of words written for
summary.
If you summary is too long, delete unnecessary words
Excess words will not be marked.
Spelling, punctuation, tenses and sentence structure.