A2 Main Idea and Summary 2020

What is a summary?

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

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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What three things make a good summary?

• Only including information from the text

• Explains what the author thinks

• Includes only most important details.

• Copies sentences word for word from the text.

• States the reader's opinion

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The main idea is...

• The order in which events happen in a story.
• A series of important details identified in a nonfiction text.
• The big idea or life lesson that the author wants us to take away from a fictional story.
• A brief statement that you create which shows/reflects what a nonfiction text is mainly talking about.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

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CCSS.RL.5.2

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A penny for your thoughts? If it’s a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it’s uncirculated, it would easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that’s a pretty penny.

What is the main idea of this passage?

• Some rare pennies are very valuable

• Pennies often sell at auctions for large amounts of money

• 1943 copper pennies are valuable

• Some pennies have been double stamped

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

Have you ever heard anyone use the words clean and smart to tell you about a pig? You probably have not. Most people think pigs are dirty and smelly. In truth, pigs are one of the cleanest animals. They do roll in mud. But they don't do it to get dirty. Then why do they do it?

Sweat cools an animal's skin when it is hot. Pigs cannot sweat. They don't have sweat glands. Instead, pigs roll in the mud to cool off on hot days. The mud also protects their skin from sunburn. Because they don't sweat, pigs don't smell bad either.

Pigs are smart, too. In fact, they are smarter than dogs. Tests done on pigs show they learn as fast as chimps do. They can even be taught to play video games. in one test, pigs learned to either jump over or pick up certain objects. Three years later, they were tested again. They remembered each object and what to do with it.

Pigs learn from each other. One pig might trick another pig and grab food. The tricked pig will not be easily fooled another time.

So, if anyone calls you a pig, don't feel bad. Take it as a compliment!

Which is the best summary of this passage?

• Tests done on pigs show that they learn as fast as chimps do.

• Pigs have sweat glands like a human.

• Pigs are actually clean and smart animals.

• Pigs are easily tricked.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

Have you ever heard anyone use the words clean and smart to tell you about a pig? You probably have not. Most people think pigs are dirty and smelly. In truth, pigs are one of the cleanest animals. They do roll in mud. But they don't do it to get dirty. Then why do they do it?

Sweat cools an animal's skin when it is hot. Pigs cannot sweat. They don't have sweat glands. Instead, pigs roll in the mud to cool off on hot days. The mud also protects their skin from sunburn. Because they don't sweat, pigs don't smell bad either.

Pigs are smart, too. In fact, they are smarter than dogs. Tests done on pigs show they learn as fast as chimps do. They can even be taught to play video games. in one test, pigs learned to either jump over or pick up certain objects. Three years later, they were tested again. They remembered each object and what to do with it.

Pigs learn from each other. One pig might trick another pig and grab food. The tricked pig will not be easily fooled another time.

So, if anyone calls you a pig, don't feel bad. Take it as a compliment!

Which line contains an idea that would be most important to include in a summary of this passage?

• Being called a pig could be a compliment.

• The mud also protects their skin from sunburn.

• Three years later they were tested again.

• In truth pigs are the cleanest animals and smart, too.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

Have you ever heard anyone use the words clean and smart to tell you about a pig? You probably have not. Most people think pigs are dirty and smelly. In truth, pigs are one of the cleanest animals. They do roll in mud. But they don't do it to get dirty. Then why do they do it?

Sweat cools an animal's skin when it is hot. Pigs cannot sweat. They don't have sweat glands. Instead, pigs roll in the mud to cool off on hot days. The mud also protects their skin from sunburn. Because they don't sweat, pigs don't smell bad either.

Pigs are smart, too. In fact, they are smarter than dogs. Tests done on pigs show they learn as fast as chimps do. They can even be taught to play video games. in one test, pigs learned to either jump over or pick up certain objects. Three years later, they were tested again. They remembered each object and what to do with it.

Pigs learn from each other. One pig might trick another pig and grab food. The tricked pig will not be easily fooled another time.

So, if anyone calls you a pig, don't feel bad. Take it as a compliment!

Which detail from the third paragraph would be most important to include in a summary of the passage?

• Pigs are smart, too.

• Three years later they were tested again.

• They can even be taught to play video games.

• They learned to jump over and pick up certain objects.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

Have you ever heard anyone use the words clean and smart to tell you about a pig? You probably have not. Most people think pigs are dirty and smelly. In truth, pigs are one of the cleanest animals. They do roll in mud. But they don't do it to get dirty. Then why do they do it?

Sweat cools an animal's skin when it is hot. Pigs cannot sweat. They don't have sweat glands. Instead, pigs roll in the mud to cool off on hot days. The mud also protects their skin from sunburn. Because they don't sweat, pigs don't smell bad either.

Pigs are smart, too. In fact, they are smarter than dogs. Tests done on pigs show they learn as fast as chimps do. They can even be taught to play video games. in one test, pigs learned to either jump over or pick up certain objects. Three years later, they were tested again. They remembered each object and what to do with it.

Pigs learn from each other. One pig might trick another pig and grab food. The tricked pig will not be easily fooled another time.

So, if anyone calls you a pig, don't feel bad. Take it as a compliment!

What is the main idea of paragraph 4?

• Pigs learn from each other.

• One pig might trick another pig and grab its food.

• The tricked pig will not be easily fooled another time.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

The best summary of this passage is:

• Jenny likes bright colors.

• Jenny was going to paint her room.

• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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Many people have not heard giraffes make noises. Giraffes do not use sounds to “talk” with each other. When hurt, giraffes make a low moo, something like a cow. When frightened, they make a short, high sound.

What is this paragraph mainly about?

• Giraffes do make noises.

• Giraffes talk all the time.

• Cows and giraffes talk to each other.

• Most people have heard giraffes talk.

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