What the skill requires
What the skill requires
To summarise is to select and express the main ideas and relevant information from one text concisely. To synthesise is to bring ideas from more than one text together so that the relationship between them is clear.
Step-by-step lessons on OCR GCSE English Language 2.3.4 Summarise and synthesise across texts. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the non-fiction reading and comparison skills before moving on to extended creative writing, since technical accuracy in spelling, punctuation and grammar carries real weight (20%) across the whole qualification.