Summarizing

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Summary of the passage about Jill's birthday dinner options: Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House, fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, a cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace, or pizza at the Pizza Shop.

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Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

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Summary of passage: Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.

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Jason really wanted to play third base.

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When writing a summary for an informational text, what is a good thing to consider?

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details and facts

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What is the main idea of the passage about Frank's room?

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Frank's room was a mess.

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Read the following passage and then answer the question.
Math didn't make much sense to Cathy. She always got area and perimeter mixed up and she had no idea what a right angle was. Last quarter she failed math, and this quarter wasn't any better. As long as she could remember, math had been hard for Cathy. She did fine in reading and science, but not math. Now she was working on her math homework, but she didn't know how to do most of it. Who invented math, anyway!

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Cathy was not very good at math.

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What was Jose doing with his marbles?

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Jose was getting his favorite marbles ready to take to school for show and tell.

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What does Jacob like to do after his bath?

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Jacob likes to take fast baths.

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What was the name of the dwarf Lisa could not remember?

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Lisa could not remember the name of one of the dwarfs.