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ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC PURPOSES

Step 5 Write a final copy. Hand in your rough draft, your second draft, your
final copy, and the page containing the two editing worksheets.

Your teacher may also ask you to hand in your prewriting paper.

Summary Writing 1

A summary is a short statement that gives the main information about
something without giving all the details. The ability to summarize
information is a useful writing skill. In your college classes, you will need to
summarize information from your textbooks on tests. In some classes, you
will also write original papers in which you summarize information from
outside reading.
You already know how to summarize in speaking. You summarize every
day. For example, when you retell a story that you have read or heard, you

are summarizing. When you tell a friend the plot of a movie that you have
seen, you are summarizing. A summary, then, is a short retelling in your
own words. In this section, you will learn how to do it in writing.
First, reread the model paragraph from page 38, "A Hawaiian Wedding."
Then read the summary.

Original Paragraph

A Hawaiian Wedding
The mix of cultures in Hawaii makes weddings there very special

occasions. Certainly, Hawaiian clothing, music, and other Hawaiian customs
play a big role. For example, the bride often wears a long white holoku
(wedding dress), and the groom wears a long-sleeved white shirt and pants
with a red sash around his waist. Both the bride and the groom wear leis .
The bride's lei is traditionally made of white flowers such as pikake
(jasmine), and the groom's is made of green maile leaves. Another Hawaiian
custom is the blowing of a conch shell three times to begin the ceremony.
Hawaiian music is played both during the ceremony and during the luau

afterward. Other customs included in the festivities depend on the ethnic
backgrounds of the couple. For instance, there may be noisy firecrackers, a
Chinese way of keeping bad spirits away. There may be a display of
Japanese origami, or there may be a pandango, a Filipino custom. During a
pandango, the wedding guests tape money together and wrap it around the
couple during their first dance together as husband and wife. All in all, a
Hawaiian wedding is truly a magical, multicultural event. (194 words)

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