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STEP ONE: Read the following paragraph TWO TIMES

Poor grades in school can have various causes. For one thing, students may have financial problems. If they need to work long hours to make money, they have little study time. Another cause of poor grades may be trouble with relationships. A student may be unhappy over family problems or a lack of friends. That unhappiness can harm schoolwork. A final cause of poor grades may be bad study habits. Some students have never learned how to take good notes in class; how to manage their time effectively; or how to study a textbook. Without such study skills, their grades are likely to suffer.

Now, cover up the paragraph:

STEP TWO: Identify the general topic. What is it?

STEP THREE: Identify the author’s focus of the topic (claim)

STEP FOUR: Identify the three main supporting points in your own words

A.

B.

C.

STEP FIVE: Cover up the original paragraph and write your own summary below. Use different compound and complex sentences instead of just brief simple sentences. Your summary should not be more than three full sentences.

According to the author,

STEP SIX: Compare your summary to the original. Did you…

______ Use different sentence and grammar structure?

______ Stay with the author’s ideas?

______ Use synonyms? (other words than the author’s words, which mean the

Same thing?