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HOW TO SUMMARISE A TEXT IN
ENGLISH…
The smart way…
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W H E R E TO S TA R T ? ?
• Don’t waste your time on aspects of the text that are not
relevant to the “topic” or module you’re doing
• You should look for evidence from each of your texts which
fit with the ideas and focus of your “topic” or module.
• Your summary / research / analysis of a text is as simple
as 1, 2, 3!
1 = locate
2 = select
3 = organise
FOR EXAMPLE – YOUR TOPIC IN ENGLISH THIS TERM IS CALLED
“CLOSE STUDY OF A NOVEL – AND OF NARRATIVE STRUCTURE”
• You will “explore” (not just read) Paul Zindel’s THE PIGMAN
• As you explore the novel, you will figure-out how language techniques and
structures show all the “IDEAS / BELIEFS / ATTITUDES / VALUES / INDIVIDUALS
/ SOCIETY / CULTURE AND HISTORY” - which are shown in:
 THE CHARACTERS
 THE EVENTS
 THE SETTING
 THE OPINIONS OF THE COMPOSER
 THE RESPONSES FROM THE RESPONDER
*Perception = insight – view – opinion – attitude – awareness
LOCATE
1. Get some post-it notes
2. Copy the most “obvious” and main ideas in ZINDEL’S’s novel onto
separate post-it notes
• The characters – who is powerful? Who is
powerless? Who has dignity? Who has integrity?
Who wants to change characters’ attitudes?
• The events – which show the class and race
divisions? Which events shoe success? Failure?
Prejudice?
• The setting – how does the setting(s) cause the
different groups in the novel to stay “divided?
• The opinions of the composer - about those
who have integrity and those who don’t?
• The responses from the responder – how do
you feel about the ideas of “prejudice and
acceptance” shown in the set text?... Etc…
LOCATE
1. As you study / explore your text… locate the best-matched
quotation (in your text) to fit your different post-its
2. “post” each post-it note on the evidence you have located – in the
text itself.
Your English novels, poetry, nonfiction and even your visual texts
should be filled with post it notes!
SELECT
How are the character’s
perceptions about
prejudice and tolerance
shown?
Pg ____
“…………………………………
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…………………………………
………”
• HOW ARE PERCEPTIONS ABOUT
DIGNITY AND INTEGRITY SHOWN IN
THE PAUL ZINDEL’S THE PIGMAN?
You will look for…
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Personal context – identity / being / individuality /
appearance / hobbies
Cultural context – customs / leisure activities / work ethic
Historical context – time and place / political era / war:peace
/ pre:post colonial
Social context – rich : poor / educated : uneducated / social
status / manners / language style / leisure activities /
appearance
1 = locate - IDEA
2 = select – 3 QUOTES
3 = organise – COMPLETE ANALYSIS TABLE
• HOW DOES Paul Zindel’s The Pigman EXPLORE
THE OPPORTUNITY OF AN INDIVIDUAL TO
CHALLENGE (AND OPPOSE) “POPULAR
OPINION?
1 = locate - IDEA
2 = select – 3 QUOTES
3 = organise – COMPLETE ANALYSIS TABLE
HOW DO DIFFERENT NARRATIVE VOICES
(CHARACTERS) REVEAL THE DIFFERENT
ATTITUDES OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS IN PAUL
ZINDEL’S THE PIGMAN
1 = locate - IDEA
2 = select – 3 QUOTES
3 = organise – COMPLETE ANALYSIS TABLE
HOW DOES PAUL ZINDEL’S THE PIGMAN SHOW:
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AN INDIVIDUAL’S CHOICE NOT TO BE IN A
POSITION OF POWER AND PREJUDICE?
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BARRIERS WHICH PREVENT AN INDIVIDUAL’S
ABILITY TO BE TOLERANT AND INFORMED?