Summary

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Summarize the passage about product labels and ingredients.

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Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.

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Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• exact words from the text
• including main ideas or events only

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exact words from the text

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Summary of the passage about Jill's birthday dinner options.

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Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

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Should summaries include every detail from a story or passage?

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False

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Should you only include the main events or ideas from the passage when writing a summary?

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True

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A summary should be written in your own words.

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True

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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.

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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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Summary of passage about ants: Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy.

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Ants are hard workers.