Summary

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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Multiple Choice

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 
The Summary of this passage is:

• Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.
• The camels were swatting flies with their tails.
•  It was really hot at the zoo.
• Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Multiple Choice

Jose carefully poured out the bag of marbles on his bed. He picked his ten favorite marbles and carefully set them to the side. Then he got out a small bag from his top drawer, and put the ten marbles inside. Just to make sure he wouldn't forget them, he placed the bag of marbles in his backpack. Jose loved show and tell, and he was excited that he would get to show his class some of his favorite marbles.

• Jose had lots of marbles.

• Jose would rather play marbles than play baseball

• Jose placed the bag of marbles in his backpack.

• Jose was getting his favorite marbles ready to take to school for show and tell.

Multiple Choice

What statement best summarizes the selection, A Night in the Trees?

• Hector was worried the treehouse was unsafe, so he slept in a different place.

• Hector was worried about spending the night camping, and had to call his parents to bring him home.

• Hector was worried about spending the night camping, but ended up enjoying sleeping in the tree house.

• Hector was afraid to go camping because he didn’t know anyone, but he made friends and had a great time.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best summary.

• Suzy wanders up to a house and hears voices inside. A little girl comes out and sees her and thinks she's cute. The girl's mom comes out and tells the girl to get away from Suzy. The dad comes out and convinces the mom to adopt Suzy.

• Suzy is a homeless cat that just wants someone to love her. One day, she wanders to a house and hears voices. A family comes outside, sees her, and argues over whether or not to keep her. They decide to keep her, and Suzy is happy to finally have a home and to be loved.

• Suzy is sad that she doesn't have anyone to love her. She wanders around all day looking for food and water. One day, a family decides to adopt her and take her home. Suzy is so happy that she finally has a family to love her.

Multiple Choice

Choose the best summary.

• Lily the flower wants more than anything to be chosen to be put in the vase in the window. She doesn't understand why the woman never chooses her. One day, the woman does pick her and puts her in the vase. Lily is happy, until she realizes that she can't survive without sunlight and soil. She realizes she should have been happy with her life as it was.

• Lily gets picked by the woman in the house and put on display in the window. Lily is so happy, until she starts to feel droopy and has no energy. She looks outside and wishes she were back out in the garden with sunlight and soil. She learned an important lesson about being happy with what you have.

• Lily doesn't understand why the lady in the house never chooses her to go in the window. She is prettier than the other flowers, she smells better, and she looks more cheerful. She spends all day staring at the flowers in the window and wishing it were her. One day, the woman does choose her to go in the window.