Summarizing

Read the following passage and then answer the question.
As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy.

• Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt.
• Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt.
• Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house.
• The quilt was warm.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

What strategy do you use to summarize FICTION?

• SWBST
• WWW3

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Summaries help me...

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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

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.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

In SWBST what does the first S stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• Then

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

In SWBST what does the W stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• So

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

In SWBST what does the B stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• So

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

In SWBST what does the T stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• Then

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2