How to make a good summary

        The Importance of a how to make a Summary

by: Harry

Question 1) Pretend you are a teacher, explain (in your own words) how to write a summary to your students - feel free to make a list!

1. First you need to read the text and then reread the text over again.

2. You will highlight the key information that you read.

3. Re read the sentences that are highlighted. Then put them into your own words.

4. Then when you are done putting the highlights  into your own words ,reread the highlighted sentences and put the highlights into a paragraph. 
5. That’s how you can make a summary!!.        

Question 2) 
When you write a summary what does it force you to do?

A summary forces you to make a short paragraph that summarizes the import details or information in the story. It allows you to find the key information faster.  

Question 3) 
When is it useful to read a summary instead of the whole text?

It is useful to read a summary instead of the whole text, 

when you don't have a lot of time.When you read a summary it breaks down the whole text into a paragraph full of the key information.

This is my summary that I wrote.

The Earthquake Under the Indian Ocean

On December 26, 2004 there was a earthquake . The tsunami was traveling at 480 km per hour. It was the third-largest earthquake ever recorded. When the earthquake hit shores the tsunami was as big as a five-story building.When the wave had finally flowed back to the ocean, about 16 hours later, 230 000 people in 14 countries were dead and more than 45000 people were missing. It will take many years for these countries,environments to return to the natural way it was before the earthquake hit.