Summarizing Fiction

Summarizing Fiction

By Marisol GarazaAmparan

Summarizing Fiction

Reading - March 10 & 11​

Let's watch a short video about summarizing stories

Multiple Select

Choose the TWO most important characteristics that a summary must have

• It must be long and detailed.

• It must be short or brief

• It must tell all the details of the story.

• It must tell only the main ideas of the story.

• It must be copied straight from the reading.

What are the most important events that make up the story?

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ONLY those events should be included in your summary​

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​Ask yourself this question...

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In 1803, the United States bought the Louisiana Territory from France. The Louisiana Territory stretched from the Mississippi River all the way to the Rocky Mountains. This purchase more than doubled the size of the United States. Over the next 90 years, 13 new states would be carved from this land. 

What was this text mostly about? Write your answer in a single sentence starting with "This text was mostly about..."

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Giant river otters live in South America. Families of giant river otters live in dens that they dig into the banks of rivers and lakes. Mother river otters give birth to their babies in their dens. Baby river otters are called cubs. Cubs are born blind and they are helpless. They do not leave the den until they are about two months old.

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The tallest tree in the world is a giant redwood located in Humboldt Redwoods State Park in Northern California. This tree is 380 feet (116 m) tall. That’s more than twice as tall as the Statue of Liberty! Only a few people know exactly where this tree is. The people who discovered it have kept it a secret so that people will not damage it.

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After traveling for more than eight months through space, Curiosity, the NASA Land Rover, landed on the planet Mars on August 5, 2012. Curiosity has six wheels and 17 cameras, as well as other research equipment. Its mission is to explore the planet and send the information it gathers back to Earth.

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