Writing a Summary Paragraph

Writing a Summary Paragraph

Informational Texts (Non-Fiction)

Multiple Choice

When you summarize something, you include -

• only the most important ideas from the text.

  
  

  solamente las ideas más importantes del texto.

• every detail from the text.

  
  

  cada detalle del texto.

You might write a summary -

• while reading or after reading to help you remember and understand the text

• when you do research for a project to keep track of information

• when you study for a test to help you remember

Multiple Select

I can write a summary to help me -

Puedo escribir un resumen para ayudarme -

• remember and understand what I'm reading

  
  

  recordar y entender lo que estoy leyendo

• keep track of information while I'm doing research

  
  

  mantener organizada información mientras investigo un tema

• remember information I study for a test

  
  

  recordar la información que estudio para un examen

Open Ended

Write at least one way you can use your ability to summarize:

Escriba por lo menos una forma en que puede usar su habilidad de resumir:

A good summary-

• names the title and author of the work you are summarizing

• states the original writer's ideas in your own words

• includes the main ideas

• leaves out details that are not important

Multiple Choice

A good summary names the _____ and _____ of the work you are summarizing.

Un buen resumen nombra el título y el autor del trabajo que está resumiendo.

• title, author

• reader, autograph

Multiple Choice

Select the title of the article:

Multiple Choice

Select the authors of the article:

Multiple Choice

Select the author of the book:

Multiple Choice

Select the title of the book:

The topic sentence of our summary paragraph should include the title and author of the text we are summarizing.

Multiple Choice

Select the paragraph with the highlighted topic sentence:

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE: It's O.K. to copy exactly what the author says in your summary paragraph.

Está bien copiar exactamente lo que dice el autor en un párrafo de resumen.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE: You should state the author's ideas in your own words.

Debe expresar las ideas del autor con sus propias palabras.

• TRUE

• FALSE