How to Write a Summary

A good summary has which of the following

• all of these

• states the main idea of the text

• includes generalizations (broad details) from the text

• follows the sequence of the text (important info form the beginning, middle and end.

Which should you leave out of a good summary?

• the main idea of the text

• the big idea of the text

• a detail in the text

• the sequence of the text BME

Check ALL the answers that are part of a good summary

• follows the sequence of the text (important info form the beginning, middle and end.

• 3-4 sentences

• specific details

• broad generalizations of the text

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

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.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2