what I have been doing in english

we have been working on our summarising here is one of the pieces i have summarised in steps all the way down to just one word.

half Dave Hunter is a environmentalist. He tries to control pests to help the environment. He has to do heaps of paperwork, it's a huge jobs. He needs resource consents, permission from a medical officer. But he still loves the job and getting out and about and making a change.

quarter Dave hunter is a environmentalist that does pest control. Pest control is a big job with lots of paperwork. But that doesn't stop him from enjoying it. He loves getting out and about.

16 words Dave hunter controls pest. It is a big job but he still likes it very much.

8 words Dave controls     pests big job he loves it

4 words Dave hunter, pest control.

1 word Environmentalist Trapper

learnt to do summarising because next year we will need to do alot of reading and it will help if we can shorten it.