Summarizing Nonfiction

Summarizing Nonfiction

By Lindsay Miles

Draw

Draw an arrow showing where each statement should go.

Multiple Choice

What is the main idea for paragraphs 1-3?

• Women in the past were not allowed to have straight hair.

• People in the past something used their hair to make unusual statements- much like today.

• The largest and most elaborate hairstyles appeared in the 1700's.

• Before the invention of scissors, people just let their hair grow and tied it back.

Multiple Select

What is a detail in paragraph 4 and a detail in paragraph 5 that support the main idea?

• In the 1920s, women started a fashion of cutting hair short, called hair bobbing.

• Not everyone is born with straight hair.

• Short hair was soon replaced.

• In the 1960s, many women wore their hair long and very straight.

Draw

Determine the main idea and 3 details from the statements in the green box.