English 7

SUMMARIZING
KEY
INFORMATION
 Learning goals

01 02 03
distinguish
define between write a one-
summarizing relevant and paragraph
and list main irrelevant details summary of
components the given text
What is a
SUMMARY?
What is a
summary?
A summary is a short statement
that summarizes or informs the
audience of the main ideas of a
longer piece of writing.
(Study.com)

English book, p. 101 & 294

In short...

A summary retells the main

ideas of a passage, but in a
much shorter version.
What do we
do when we We are trying to capture
the main ideas and the
summarize?
crucial details necessary
for supporting them.
(Reading Quest)
What are the most important
facts?

What are the most important

details?
PROBLEMS IN SUMMARIZING
• We write down everything

• We don't write enough

• We copy everything word for

word
 Once upon a time there was an old mother pig who had three little pigs and not enough food to feed
them. So when they were old enough, she sent them out into the world to seek their fortunes.
The first little pig was very lazy. He didn't want to work at all and he built his house out of straw. The
second little pig worked a little bit harder but he was somewhat lazy too and he built his house out of
sticks. Then, they sang and danced and played together the rest of the day.
The third little pig worked hard all day and built his house with bricks. It was a sturdy house complete
with a fine fireplace and chimney. It looked like it could withstand the strongest winds.
The next day, a wolf happened to pass by the lane where the three little pigs lived; and he saw the straw
house, and he smelled the pig inside. He thought the pig would make a mighty fine meal and his mouth
began to water.
So he knocked on the door and said:
Little pig! Little pig!
Let me in! Let me in!
 But the little pig saw the wolf's big paws through the keyhole, so he answered back:
No! No! No!
Not by the hairs on my chinny chin chin!
Then the wolf showed his teeth and said:
Then I'll huff
and I'll puff
and I'll blow your house down.
So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down! The wolf opened his jaws very wide and bit
down as hard as he could, but the first little pig escaped and ran away to hide with the second little pig.
The wolf continued down the lane and he passed by the second house made of sticks; and he saw the
house, and he smelled the pigs inside, and his mouth began to water as he thought about the fine dinner
they would make.
So he knocked on the door and said:
Little pigs! Little pigs!
Let me in! Let me in!
 But the little pigs saw the wolf's pointy ears through the keyhole, so they answered back:
No! No! No!
Not by the hairs on our chinny chin chin!
So the wolf showed his teeth and said:
Then I'll huff
and I'll puff
and I'll blow your house down!
So he huffed and he puffed and he blew the house down! The wolf was greedy and he tried to catch both
pigs at once, but he was too greedy and got neither! His big jaws clamped down on nothing but air and the
two little pigs scrambled away as fast as their little hooves would carry them.
The wolf chased them down the lane and he almost caught them. But they made it to the brick house and
slammed the door closed before the wolf could catch them. The three little pigs they were very frightened,
they knew the wolf wanted to eat them. And that was very, very true. The wolf hadn't eaten all day and he
had worked up a large appetite chasing the pigs around and now he could smell all three of them inside and
he knew that the three little pigs would make a lovely feast.
 So the wolf knocked on the door and said:
Little pigs! Little pigs!
Let me in! Let me in!
But the little pigs saw the wolf's narrow eyes through the keyhole, so they answered back:
No! No! No!
Not by the hairs on our chinny chin chin!
So the wolf showed his teeth and said:
Then I'll huff
and I'll puff
and I'll blow your house down.
Well! he huffed and he puffed. He puffed and he huffed. And he huffed, huffed, and he puffed, puffed; but
he could not blow the house down. At last, he was so out of breath that he couldn't huff and he couldn't puff
anymore. So he stopped to rest and thought a bit.
But this was too much. The wolf danced about with rage and swore he would come down the chimney and
eat up the little pig for his supper. But while he was climbing on to the roof the little pig made up a blazing
fire and put on a big pot full of water to boil.
Then, just as the wolf was coming down the chimney, the little piggy pulled off the lid, and plop!
in fell the wolf into the scalding water.
So the little piggy put on the cover again, boiled the wolf up, and the three little pigs ate him for
supper.

The story of The Three Little Pigs featured here has been adapted from different sources and from
childhood memory. The primary sources are English Fairy Tales, retold by Flora Annie Steel (1922)
with illustrations by L. Leslie Brooke from the 1904 version. This story is featured in our
Favorite Fairy Tales and Children's Stories.
https://americanliterature.com/childrens-stories/the-three-little-pigs
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.
Main characters
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.
Main characters
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.

Major decisions
Main characters
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.

Outcome Major decisions

Beginning
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.
Beginning
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Middle Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.
Beginning
Three little pigs live in houses that they built. One used straw, one
used wood, and the third pig, who worked hardest of all, built a brick
house.

Middle Along comes a big bad wolf, and he successfully knocks down the
first two houses in order to eat the pigs inside, but they escape to the
brick house, which the wolf is unable to knock down.
End
What does it look like
if there is
“too little”
information?
What happened
next?
What does it look like
if there is
“too much”
information?
Keep it
simple.
What should Pull out main ideas
you look for?
Key details
• Events in order
• Characters
• Main setting
• The problem they faced
• The solution or ending
 Let us try!
Read The Flood Story (A Bukidnon Myth), page 96

‘What to look for’ guide

• When/where did it happen?
• Who are the characters?
• What happened next? (Problems,
major events, etc.)
• What was the ending?
Mythology
• An oral narrative that explains the
creation of the world and the origin of
a natural phenomenon, culture, or
tradition before the system of writing
was developed.

• Include gods and goddesses, and other

supernatural beings as characters.
In one sentence, summarize
what you have learned today
 Read your seatmate’s summary and rate them:
• 5 -4 - includes main characters, settings, and order of
events are correct
• 3 - includes major details but some are not mentioned.
Improve sequence of events.
• 2 - unnecessary details are still included. Sequence of
events is not clear.
• 1 - cannot be understood/just copied from the book.
Improve organization of events and details.
Next group activity...
• Read "The Flood Story (An Igorot Myth)", page 94-95

• Summarize the story using five sentences only.

• To be presented next meeting through chorus reading. Write your

summary in a Manila paper/Cartolina. Make sure that it can be seen by the
whole class.
Grading (Peer evaluation)
• Delivery and presentation
a. Visual materials are clear
• Team effort
b. The members' voices are audible
c. Unity in reading a. Every member showed effort
• Content and organization in reading and participating

a. Main idea/s was/were stated

b. Main events are in order
c. Key details are present