How to Summarize a Current Event Article for Science AND Get an A AND Improve your Grades!!!!!

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How toSummarize a Current Event Articlefor
ScienceAND Get an AAND Improve your
Grades!!!!!
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What is a summary?

• When you summarize, you must present the main
  points in a clear, concise form.
• Details, illustrations, and examples are seldom
  included in a summary.

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How do I summarize?

• First read the article for comprehension.

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How do I summarize?

• Ask your self questions after your read, such
  as

• Who?
• What?
• When?
• Why?

• Where?
• What was the effect?

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Now what?

• Begin with a topic sentence.
• Your topic sentence should include the main idea
  or main topic of the newspaper article.
• Using the notes you took from your questions,
  write complete sentences to summarize the
  article.
• At no time should you copy sentences
  word-for-word from the original article.
• You should only have to look at the article to
  check for spelling of unusual or unknown words
  and names.

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Citing a Newspaper Source

• Authors last name, first name.
• Title of Article.
• Name of Newspaper.
• Date article appeared.
• Page Number and Section.

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Citing a Newspaper Source Sample

• Bengston, Bill. Ladybugs Calling. The Aiken
  Standard. November 14, 1999. Section 2A.

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Citing a Magazine Article

• Authors Last Name, Authors First name.
• Title of Article.
• Name of of Magazine.
• Volume , Issue
• Date of Publication.

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Citing a Magazine Article Sample

• Curtsinger, Bill. Tiger Sharks. National
  Geographic. November, 1999. P. 121-122.

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Now try one on your own!