Summary

What is the difference between retelling and summarizing?

• A summary is a long detailed paragraph and a retell is not.
• A retell is telling about all the events while a summary only talks about main ideas.
• Retelling and summarizing are the same thing.
• Retelling is a word used for little kids and summarizing is used for big kids.

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

How long should a summary be?

• a full page
• half of a page
• one sentence
• 3-5 sentences

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

When writing a summary for a INFORMATIONAL text, what is a good thing to consider?

• characters
• solution
• details and facts
• conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

When writing a summary for a LITERARY text, what is a good thing to consider?

• text features
• story elements
• topic
• details

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• exact words from the text
• including main ideas only

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing
• the entire text told in your own words
• a dumb thing that teachers make you write
• the main ideas and important details of a text

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9