SUMMARIZING REVIEW LESSON

Summarizing a text

How to provide a summary of a text having in mind the essential things of it.

What is summarizing?

Summarizing is telling the most important parts of a text, in your own words, in a much shorter way.

The following words will help when you summarize a text.

SOMEBODY
WANTED
BUT
SO
THEN

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TO HAVE IN MIND WHEN SUMMARIZING FICTION

SOMEBODY: The main character
WANTED: what the character wanted to to do
BUT: It is the problem that appears in the text
SO: What were the possible resolutions for the problem
THEN: How was the problem solved at the end.

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Multiple Choice

Who is the somebody in the story?

• Jill

• Jack

• Steve

• The Tooth Fairy

Multiple Choice

What did the character want?

• To have all his teeth.

• To meet the Tooth Fairy!

• He wants to lose some teeth.

• Have a burger from Hamburger Heaven

Open Ended

But what was Jack's problem?

Open Ended

So how was Jack's problem solved?

Multiple Choice

Alex hated going to baseball practice. It was not her favorite sport at all. All she wanted to do was be in the marching band. She loved the sounds of the instruments and the way the band members marched in formations. She thought her parents would never let her join. So she stayed quiet for a long time.One day she decided to talk with her parents about it. To her surprise, her parents said that she could join. They told her they thought she loved baseball, and that they were surprised she hadn't spoken up sooner.

• Alex wanted to join the marching band, but she thought her parents wouldn't let her join, so she decided to ask them about it, then they let her join.

• Alex wanted to play baseball, but her parents wouldn't let her, so she asked them about it, then they let her join.

• Alex wanted to tell her parents to play baseball, but she thought they wouldn't like it, so she explained the game to them, then they joined.

• Alex wanted to join the marching band, but her parents wanted to speak to her, so she played baseball, then her parents stayed quiet for a long time.

Multiple Choice

Jared built houses for a living. He was a master at working with his hands. Building was the only thing he ever desired to do. One day the local wood store was low on wood. How was he ever going to build a house! He decided to look online for a solution, and he saw that he could build tiny houses. He bought the wood from the wood store and built a tiny house. He was satisfied with his work.

• Jared wanted to build houses, but the wood store was low on wood, so he went online for a solution, then he built a tiny house.

• Jared wanted to build a tiny house, but he had too much lumber, so he looked for a solution, then he built a big house.

• Jared wanted to build a wood store, but there wasn't enough wood, so he looked online for a solution, then he built a tiny wood store.

• Jared wanted to build houses, but the wood store only sold tiny wood, so he looked online for a solution, then he built a tiny mansion.

Match

Match the correct options.

• SOMEBODY

• WANTED

• BUT

• SO

• THEN

Who's the main character

what the character desired to do

the problem

ways of the character to solve the problem

Final resolution of the story

• Who's the main character

• what the character desired to do

• the problem

• ways of the character to solve the problem

• Final resolution of the story

Summarizing a text

NONFICTION

Multiple Select

Supporting details are important evidence or information that supports the central idea through ___, ___, ___, and ___.

Choose all that apply.

• Definitions

• Emotions

• Examples

• Quotes

• Facts

Multiple Choice

When we summarize we...

• highlight only the characters

• have in mind the main idea of the text

• have in mind the main idea of each paragraph

• make up a story related to the text

Multiple Choice

What is the central idea in the article titled "Tornadoes"?

• Tornadoes are fast.

• Tornadoes are a lot of wind.

• Tornadoes are destructive, violent forces of nature.

• Tornadoes can destroy houses.

When summarizing...

• The main idea is the most important information or concept in a text or statement.  

• Sometimes the main idea is explicit; sometimes we infer it.

• Not all information is equal:  some of it clearly is more important than the rest.

Multiple Select

What supporting details support the central idea that "Tornadoes are destructive, violent forces of nature"?

• They commonly occur during severe thunderstorms.

• Tornadoes can be small and sometimes cause little to no damage.

• The average tornado has maximum wind speed of about 112 mph and measures around 250 feet.

• Tornadoes are a violently rotating column of air in contact with the earth’s surface.