This is a visual representation of what you do when you summarize a written passage

Here are a list of summary writing tutorials. These tutorials are collected here to show you samples of good and bad summary writing and to guide you in developing the skills you need to write good summaries.

What is a summary?

How to write a summary.

Example of a summary showing the original passage and the summary passage.

Another example of a summary showing the original passage and the summary passage.

Another example of summary writing showing the original passage and the summary passage.

How to score summary writing essays: An explanation of how you too can score summary passages.

A scoring rubric tool to help you 'correct' summary essays This scoring rubric is a tool to help you identify which areas of summary writing you are good in, and which are the areas in which you need more practice. This scoring rubric was specifically constructed to diagnose proficiency in the requirements for summary writing identified by CXC. It was developed based on an analysis of the CXC English A school reports published annually by CXC. (Smile... enjoy!)