1. How to Summarize 11H

2. Goal: To summarize articles for the research paper  Reminder: For your research paper, you will need to summarize for at least 5 sources.

3. What is the purpose of a good summary?  A good summary is a lot like taking the notes and the textual evidence you will need to build into your paper.  You can’t be too detailed and at the same time you do not want to be too broad.

4. For newspaper articles  A good summary will include:  Important statistics that help you answer your research question.  Anecdotes from the article  A personal experience that a person in the article faced that is integral to matching up to your research questions  Scenarios or situations that relate to your topic

5. Newspaper articles continued  Don’t talk about specific people unless…  They are a person of prominence  The person’s story is integral to your topic

6. Website Information  When you summarize from a website  Organizations  Gather statistics  Gather specific details that are important for your topics  Historical Information  Make sure you gather information about facts that you did not know.  Facts that you do not know prior to doing research need to be cited.

7. Creating Your Summary  Follow either the Stop and Jot Sheets  Summarize Template

8. Creating Summary Continued  You should include some direct quotes.  These quotes will be used in your actual research paper.  Indirect quotes  Even if you are paraphrasing it (putting it into your own words), you still need to cite it.

9. How do I cite  Go to easybib.com when creating your Works Cited for your final paper  For citing throughout your research paper, use this website as a guide for how to cite. http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everyday_writer/d ocsource/1b.html  Example: We know books/plays/short stories are author’s last name and page number  (Miller 22)  This is not the case for every text. This is why you need to use the website above.