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Summarizing Summarizing is an example of integrating skills. Students read a text and identify the main points, then use those main points to write a summary (a much shorter version of the text) containing only the essential information.

Example:
Students read a text of about 250 words about the contemporary music scene and summarize the information in 100 words.

Summarizing is a complex activity for use with higher level classes in the Young adult/Adult age group.