summary

When summarizing a story you must include...

• Everything that happened
• The most significant information
• An Inference
• My background knowledge

The turtle went to a race
would that be a good summary?

• maybe
• yes 
• no
• the turtle did not go to a race

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?

• The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
• The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
•  The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
• The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading
• write about what I read
• include the key points of a text
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

Karmina is writing a summary of "Snake Scare!" Which word in the passage should she highlight as being important for her summary?

• poisonous
• baseball
• front
• something

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false?

•  The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
• The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.
• The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage
• The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.

Q: Mary’s father has 5 daughters – Nana, Nene, Nini, Nono. What is the fifth daughter's name?

• Nunu
• Dazlyn
• Mary
• Janet

Tags

CCSS.4.MD.A.2

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading
• write about what I read
• include the key points of a text
• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2