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ACTIVITY 2.6
Interacting in Meaningful Ways: Summarizing by Condensing Ideas
WoRd CoNNeCTIoNS
Cognates
The English word condense and the Spanish word condensar are cognates. They both mean “to make shorter,” and come from the Latin root dense, which means “thick.”
Learning Targets
• Write a summary of texts and experiences. PI.7.10b • Condense ideas in a variety of ways. PII.7.7
In order to summarize a text, it is necessary to condense ideas. There are a few different ways to condense ideas.
Language Resources: Ways to condense Ideas
Ways to condense Ideas
examples
original sentences
condensed Ideas
combine verbs using a conjunction (and, but, so)
Julio laughed while reading the book. Julio cried while reading the book.
Julio laughed and cried while reading the book.
combine nouns using a conjunction (but, and, so)
Maria went to school. Oliver went to school.
Maria and Oliver went to school.
prepositional words and phrases (on, to, because of, instead of )
I went to school. I rode the bus to school.
I went to school on the bus.
connecting words and phrases (because, although)
The weather is nice in the spring. It rains often in spring.
The weather is nice in the spring, although it rains often.
Reread paragraph 2 of “The Nobel Peace Prize 1993, Biography of Nelson Mandela” and think about how you would summarize the paragraph. Choose two sentences to summarize from paragraph 2. Condense the ideas in the sentences and tell how you combined the ideas.
original sentences
condensed Ideas
How Ideas Were combined
In June 1961, the ANC executive considered his proposal on the use of violent tactics and agreed that those members who wished to involve themselves in Mandela’s campaign would not be stopped from doing so by the ANC.
This led to the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe.
Umkhonto we Sizwe was formed after Nelson Mandela convinced the ANC that violent tactics were necessary.
The preposition after was used to combine the ideas.
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