Summarizing Text

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What is a summary?

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a short explanation

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When would you most likely summarize a book?

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when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book

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A summary should

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answer 5 W's: who what when where and why.

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Which of the following questions should you definitely answer in a summary of the novel My Funny Friend Fiona? What happens to Fiona?

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What happens to Fiona?

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What detail should be cut from the following summary? My Funny Friend Fiona is a novel about a girl named Fiona. It’s really quick to read, and you should read it because it’s the funniest book in the world.

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the opinion that it's "the funniest book in the world"

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When should you write a draft of your summary? Options: immediately after reading the text for the first time, before coding the text, before re-reading sections you didn’t understand, after you’ve read the text, coded it and re-read any sections you didn’t understand

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after you’ve read the text, coded it and re-read any sections you didn’t understand

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Which of the following is an example of coding while you read?
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looking a word up in the dictionary,
putting an exclamation mark next to surprising or new information,
drawing a picture of your kitten in the blank space at the end of a chapter,
re-reading the same page 10-15 times

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putting an exclamation mark next to surprising or new information

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You should write your summary

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in your own words with complete sentences.

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What can you summarize?

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anything you read or watch

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The article “The Three Men Who Invented the Telephone” is about three different men who contributed to the invention of the telephone. Which of the following should you include in a summary of this article?
- details about how smartphones and cell phones work
- a detail about where the phrase “put someone on hold” came from
- a brief explanation of how each man was involved in the invention of the telephone
- your opinion about who really invented the telephone

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a brief explanation of how each man was involved in the invention of the telephone