Grade 5 Communication Task Assessment

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.

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.

Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.

The Summary of this passage is:

• Jason really wanted to play third base.

• Jason was the best player on his team.

• Jason had trouble catching ground balls.

• Jason was too lazy to practice.

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.

Covid19 is caused by a virus which can spread from person to person.

• Statement

• Instruction

Pull the red string over the bed to close the window when you get inside.

• Statement

• Instruction

Dogs are man’s best friend. With love and attention they will remain by your side forever.

• Statement

• Instruction

Read the following passage then answer the questions which follow.

• Statement

• Instruction

The part of the writing process in which you correct your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.

• drafting

• pre-writing

• revising

• editing

In this step of the writing process, you are writing down all of your ideas and often using a graphic organizer.

• pre-writing

• publishing

• editing

• revising