Summarizing

Should you put your opinen in you summary ? 

• Yes 
• No 
• May be so 
• Why Not ? 

what is the best summary for story about puppies ? 

• The most cutest thing is a puppy.  Puppy need 8 oz of milk a day.
• Puppies are born deaf and blind.Puppy spend 14 hours a day sleeping
• they are both good
• There is no answer 

what are annotations? 

• Baby summary (they tell the main idea of the paragraph)
• I do not know that is a world 
• do i need annotations ?
• Life is over let me gust fail this class.

what should be inculcated in your summary?

• Your opinion
• The main idea of the story 
• Supporting details
• Thesis 

can you summarize fiction ? 

• Yes
• No 
• May be no 
• Why not? 

The train pulls up to the station, right on time. The conductor helps lug my trunk up the stairs and into my compartment. I sit down on the gorgeous plush red velvet bench where I will be spending the next 12 hours. I run my fingers over it, realizing how long it has been since I felt anything so wonderful. 2 Outside the window the Iowa sun is starting to come up all purple and orange over the horizon. I think about Mom and my sister, Charlotte, and I wonder if they are awake yet and if they’ve noticed I’m gone. And then I think about Pa, and it hurts, so I open my trunk and find my favorite and only book I own, West with the Night, by Beryl Markham. I get lost reading about her adventures flying her plane across the Atlantic. 3 For a moment I am disoriented and forget where I am until the grumbling clatter of the engine jogs my memory, reminding me that I’m on the train. My stomach is growling and sore with hunger, so I pull out the apple I pocketed. I am about to take a bite when I look up and become aware of a set of eyes watching me attentively. 4 A girl is sitting across from me. She is around eighteen, the same age as me. Her hair is a bright shade of auburn-red and her eyes are the color of ginger. She’s wearing a crisp white blouse tucked into a pair of blue pants and freshly polished black and white saddle shoes. I stare at her, realizing I had never seen a girl wearing pants before. Mom would be appalled. 5 “Got any more food on you?” she suddenly asks, her eyes fixated on the apple in my hand. 6 Takes me a moment to remember that I also brought a banana. I rummage through my bag and hand it to her. She peels it open and then looks down at my book, which has fallen onto the floor between us. She reaches and picks it up. 7 “Beryl Markham sure is fearless isn’t she? Imagine, being the first to fly across the Atlantic. I’ve probably read this book at least twenty times myself,” she says, turning the book over in her hands. Gently, she presses her finger on a large brown smudge on the book’s spine. Reading Page 2 8 “Looks like you’ve read this a few times, too.” 9 The smudge was actually from our oven. I had saved all my money for a month to be able to afford the book. I had to hide it safely away from Mom and Charlotte because it was about flying. One day I was sitting in the kitchen, engrossed as Beryl is about to leave her native land of Africa for her flight across the Atlantic, when the front door opened. I was so involved in my reading, I didn’t hear it. And then Mom came into the room. She had gotten off work early from her shift at the Red Cross because they ran out of bandages for her to roll. 10 “You’re reading about flying again?” she asked, quickly grabbing it away from me. “You know how I feel about this. Why you keep insisting on defying my rules, Bernadette, is beyond me.” She opened the oven door and tossed my book inside. When I snuck back into the kitchen a few hours later to retrieve it, the heat from the gaslight had cooked the spine, leaving a smoldering black mark. 11 Thinking about it all, I am ready to burst into tears. If the auburn-haired girl wasn’t sitting in my compartment I would be able to close the door and have a nice cry. But instead, I choke back the tears. 12 “What’s your name?” she asks abruptly. 13 I hate this question, because I always feel the need to offer an explanation after I answer. “Bernadette Thompson. But nobody calls me that, except my Mom. I hate it, actually. She gave me a rich sounding name, hoping it would help me get a rich husband. Everyone calls me Byrd. It’s better that way.” 14 “Byrd. I like that. So where you headed, Byrd?” 15 “Texas.” 16 She laughs. “Well, that I figured. We’re already in Texas, by the way. You must have slept all through Oklahoma. That’s when I got on. You ain’t going to Sweetwater, are you?” 17 I slowly nod. I didn’t even know we were outside of Iowa yet. 18 “Me too,” she says, and our eyes meet. And before I know it, the tears start streaming down my face, and for a moment I feel like I’m watching myself from outside of my body. 19 She sits down next to me. “What’s the matter? Are you nervous about going to Sweetwater?” she asks. And then I know why I am crying. 20 I shake my head. “It’s just that I’ve never met another woman pilot before,” I tell her, the honesty surprising even myself. “I was convinced I was the only one, except for Amelia Earhart and Beryl Markham. That’s why I’m going to Sweetwater. To find the others. To belong somewhere.” Reading Page 3 21 The girl nods, and when our eyes meet, I know she understands. 22 We sit together in silence as the train rattles on, taking us closer to our future.

• I am finish reading the story 
• what ever 

What is the best summary of the excerpt?

• Byrd is riding on a train to Sweetwater, Texas. She meets a young woman who is traveling to the same place. Byrd shares food with the young woman, and they talk about a book they both have read.
•  As Byrd rides on a train to Texas, she remembers how her mother once took away her favorite book about a female pilot. Byrd meets a young woman who notices that Byrd’s book is in bad condition. They soon realize that they are both traveling to Sweet water.
• Byrd dreams of flying, but her mother does not understand and forbids Byrd from even reading about a female pilot. Byrd decides to travel to Sweetwater, Texas, to train as an air force pilot. While riding the train, she meets a young woman who understands how she feels and shares her dream.
• Byrd is traveling to Sweetwater, Texas, by train. She falls asleep while reading her book, and when she awakens, a young woman explains that the train has already reached Texas. Byrd finds out that the young woman is also going to Sweetwater and is delighted to make the acquaintance of another female pilot.

In 2006 ecologist and musician Favio Chávez was working on a recycling project in Cateura, Paraguay. This small village, outside the capital city of Asunción, is built on a landfill. Residents work as gancheros, or recyclers, searching the trash for items to recycle. Chávez worked with an organization that taught these workers how to be safe while digging through the landfill. While he was there, he noticed how few creative resources teens living in the area had, so he decided to do something about it. He created the Recycled Orchestra. 2 Chávez began by teaching music lessons. But he had only five instruments, so students had to share. As more children wanted to participate, Chávez knew that more instruments were needed. He had a very unusual idea. He found a carpenter, Nicolás Gómez, and asked him to create instruments using recycled materials. Gómez started first by repairing a drum and creating a simple guitar. “If the community wasn’t next to a dumpster, it would’ve never occurred to us to create instruments out of trash,” Chávez remembered. “This was just a natural solution based on our surroundings.” 3 Over time Gómez’s work became more intricate. Cellos are made from oil cans and wood. A guitar is made from two large jelly cans. The skins of a drum set are created from used x-ray film. The keys of a saxophone are bottle caps. Gómez was a natural for the job. “If you give me the precise instructions, tomorrow I’ll make you a helicopter!” Gómez says about his work. 4 Chávez and Gómez experimented with materials and discovered which ones were the strongest and made the best sound. Gómez travels to the landfill several times a week to find materials. Orchestra member Ada Ríos said, “I don’t care that my violin is made out of recycled parts. To me, it’s a treasure.” The project achieved success only because the instruments were created from recycled materials found in the community. The cost of a traditional violin is far out of the reach of many residents of Cateura. 5 Transforming trash into musical instruments is one thing; transforming lives is quite another. Yet that is Chávez’s ultimate goal in establishing the orchestra. For some students, Chávez’s plan is working. Brandon Cabone, a 16-year-old bass player, said, “Before the orchestra, there was nothing to do. It’s been a big change in my life. Favio has taught me many things about life and education.” 6 Chávez acknowledges that mastering an instrument can be quite an enterprise. “Learning music means you have to plan,” he says. Since many of the orchestra members have to work, they have to make time to practice their instruments. Both persistence and a structured routine have led to players’ success.

• I am finish reading the story 
• Who cares 

What is the best summary of the selection?

• The small village of Cateura, Paraguay, is built on a landfill. Most of the residents search the trash for items to recycle. Favio Chávez had an idea to use trash to make musical instruments. He asked a carpenter, Nicolás Gómez, to make guitars, drums, and other instruments.
•  Ecologist and musician Favio Chávez wanted to help the children living in Cateura, Paraguay. He started an orchestra with instruments created from materials found in the local landfills. The Recycled Orchestra has performed around the world and has had a positive impact on the lives of its members.
• Children in Cateura, Paraguay, had few resources when Favio Chávez went there to work on a recycling project. Chávez asked Nicolás Gómez to help him make instruments from items in the landfill. The members of the orchestra appreciate the uniqueness of their instruments.
• Favio Chávez provided the children of Cateura, Paraguay, with instruments made from recycled materials. When the children’s musical skills improved, he created an orchestra and the group began performing locally. Soon they had invitations to perform in Europe and the United States. A documentary film was made about the orchestra’s success.