Nonfiction Summaries

TRUE OR FALSE: Summaries include outside information from sources other than the text.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.8

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should be written in objective voice, using important details and not opinions.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.2D

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries connect the main ideas or key ideas that were written in the text

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should have exact quotes, word for word, from the text

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should include supporting details from the text that support the main idea.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.8

What does a summary do?

• Tell everything that happened in the text

• Explains an educated guess about what the text might be about

• States an opinion about the text

• Tells about the important information or key points in a succinct way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.W.5.8

Summaries help me...

• Understand what I'm reading

• Include the key points of a text

• Write about what I read

• All of the Above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

CCSS.W.5.8

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.

The Summary of this passage is:

• There are a lot of cows in Texas

• There are many different, varied parts of Texas

• Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

• There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin.

The Summary of this passage is:

• Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

• Jill loves Mexican food.

• The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

• Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.SL.5.2