Summarizing: Main Idea & Details

What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text
• a persuasive argument about a text
• a movie based off of a book
• a theme or universal lesson

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CCSS.RL.8.2

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CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When would you most likely summarize a book?

• when you want to forget a book you've read
• when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about
• when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book
• when you don't understand a vocabulary word you read in a book

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

A summary should

• answer the 5 W's and H: who, what, when, where, why, and how
• describe the details but not the main ideas
• never mention the plot of the text
• always mention the age of the author

"I don't want a babysitter. I am eleven years old. My babysitter is only three years older than I am," she loudly yelled to her Mom. Now, she really wished she had somebody with her as she heard the clicking, scratching noises outside of the living room window. "This is silly. It's probably the storm," the girl said. She regretted watching the horror show she had been tuned into for the last half hour. As she searched for the remote to turn off the vampire movie, the front door blew open with a thunderous noise. Carla whirled around to see a dark image."

Carla didn't want a babysitter because:

• She believes she is old enough to take care of herself.

• She wants to watch scary movies.

• Carla's mother leaves her alone all the time.

• Carla's babysitter is only three years older than Carla.

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

Summarizing is a retelling in your own words, a short version of the main ideas, events and details.

• True
• False

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

When you determine the main idea of a text, significant details and condensing information into a short one or two sentence summary, you are:

• predicting
• evaluating
• summarizing
• judging

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

To retell something in your own words is to...

• classify
• paraphrase
• distinguish

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

In the before reading phase, you create a purpose for reading. What do you do next?

• put that purpose into a question
• pause and reflect
• ask myself questions as I read
• visualize what I am reading

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

Summarizing can be best described as taking the passage and listing briefly the most important points in your own words.

• False
• True

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CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

While reading, if I do not know what I have read, or something is not clear, I should

• write "I don't know" on my notes.
• keep reading, I want to finish first.
• go back and reread to find my answers.
• keep reading, maybe I will understand later.

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CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10