B1A - Writing a summary 'The Landlady'

Remember that B1A students should be reading and listening to Roald Dahl's 'The Landlady'. Click here for a link to the text and audio file (thanks to the British Council!).

I prepared a list of useful terminology for you, but my netbook has stopped working and the Word document is stuck inside my netbook! Agh! Anyhow, as soon as the technician fixes it then I will post the list for you to download.

Remember that you should try to write a short summary about this short story. Your summary should be 100 - 150 words and you should use your own words. (It sounds obvious, but please don't look for a summary on the internet. I'm interested in your ideas and your English.) Please give me your summary no later than the first week after the inter-module week.

Ten golden rules for writing a summary

1. Read the text with care and try to underline the main points.
2. Underline the main points and information.
3. Take notes of the main ideas/points and try to write them in a different way using your own words.
4. Leave out details.
5. Use linkers to join your notes in order to make paragraphs.
6. Don't write sentences that are excessively long or complicated.
7. When you've finished count how many words you used.
8. If you wrote too much then reduce your text.
9. Check the final version for spelling, punctuation, grammar and vocabulary.
10. Read the final version again before you hand it in.

...please remember to write using 'double-line spacing' (every other line - one line yes, one line no) so that I have space to write comments, notes and corrections.

Thanks.