take notes
Usually it is considered to be drafting. See the link below.
evaluate the passage
take notes
Read the text you are summarizing
Summarizing is the term used for briefly providing the main ideas of a passage or source material. It involves restating the key points in a more concise form.
The final step when constructing a brief involves summarizing the findings.
The final step of conducting a brief is summarizing the findings. In order to do this, careful evaluation of the evidence presented is necessary.
To identify the main idea in a passage, follow these three steps: First, read the passage thoroughly to grasp its overall content and context. Next, identify key details and supporting points that highlight the core message. Finally, determine if the main idea is explicitly stated or implied by synthesizing the information gathered, summarizing it in your own words.
The SQ4R strategy involves summarizing to understand written documents. This strategy involves surveying, questioning, reading, reciting, reflecting, and reviewing the material, with summarizing being a key step to grasp the main concepts and information.
You summarize a nonfiction passage much like a fictional passage, by highlighting the key points. When summarizing, it is important to stick to only the main points, and to limit details dramatically, without of course leaving anything supremely important out.
Explicit Directions
Read it first.