After watching the instructor’s PowerPoint presentation on motion picture history, you will gain knowledge of the three vast stages. In your own words, in great detail, you will write a precise summary. Students’ reactions must be at least three pages long, with precise information (the one embedded in topics discussed in your instructor’s PowerPoint presentation only, not from the internet at this time.). Please be sure to avoid any confusion. Vagueness = zero.
Summarizing means giving a concise overview of a text’s main points in your own words. A summary is always much shorter than the original text. Again, you will need three well-developed pages or more for this work.
Writing a summary does not involve critiquing or analyzing the source—you should provide a clear, objective, accurate account of the essential information and ideas without copying and pasting any original text, missing any critical points, or saying irrelevant ideas you imagine.
For this work, you will also need to follow the instructions below:
Go over the whole PowerPoint (not just one or two parts). Read any texts and watch any videos when possible. Reading the explanations several times ensures you have thoroughly understood them. It is often practical to read in three stages: (1) scan the whole PowerPoint to get a sense of the topic; (2) read any texts carefully, highlight important points, and take notes as you read; (3) scan the again to confirm you have understood the key points, and re-read any particularly challenging passages.
Break the PowerPoint down into sections. Break it into smaller parts to make it more manageable and understand its sub-points. It should be already organized into clearly marked sections.
Try writing a word or phrase on your notepad or in the margin next to each critical piece of information that describes a paragraph’s content. Then, you can see at a glance what each part of the PowerPoint focuses on. If several paragraphs cover similar or related topics, you may group them into sections.
Identify the critical points in each section. It is time to review each part and pick out its most essential points. Please remember that a summary does not involve paraphrasing every paragraph of the article. You are trying to extract the essential points without background information or supplementary detail.
Write the summary. Now that you know the key points the PowerPoint aims to communicate, you must put them in your own words. It is essential to paraphrase the author’s ideas properly. Do not copy and paste parts of the article, not just a sentence or two. The best way to do this is to put the PowerPoint aside and write out your understanding of the author’s key points.
Before you are done for good, compare the summary against the unabridged PowerPoint (that is, the whole PowerPoint). Make sure you did not just copy and paste any texts from the original or miss any of the critical points. Please remember that your job is to make a clear, objective, and accurate account of the essential information and ideas of the unabridged PowerPoint.
To avoid plagiarism, you will need to follow these two rules:
Always write the summary entirely in your own words by paraphrasing the author’s ideas.
Always cite your source with an in-text citation and a complete reference so readers can easily find the original text (Click here to see how to cite a source).
