Summarizing

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Summary of passage: Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

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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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What best describes a summary?

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only the main ideas and important details of a text

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When you summarize a book, you must

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include only important ideas.

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The author most likely wrote this book to-
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persuade the reader to buy Zoo tickets

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inform the reader about cheetahs

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inform the reader about how animals defend themselves

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inform the reader about how cats have sharp claws

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inform the reader about how animals defend themselves

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Summaries help me...

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All of the above

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

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details and facts

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Summary of passage: The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads is about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.

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Chris reads a lot of books about animals.