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Summarising texts
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Vicki Papageorgiou
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a summary?
A restatement of a piece of writing that is both brief and written in your own words
The reader's personal thoughts and opinions about the article and the author
One long quote that uses all of the author's words exactly
Just putting the main idea of an article into your own words
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What should you be doing when you skim read for the first time a new article?
Trying to understand what the article is about in general
Writing your main idea sentence
Looking for all of the key details
Reading the article as fast as possible to get to the second reading
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
3.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
When we first read the abstract and the introduction, we
underline important words and key words and then find their meaning
do not care about unknown words
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.10
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.11-12.10
CCSS.RL.8.10
CCSS.RL.9-10.10
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What do we use to help us form conclusions about difficult words or ideas?
Context Clues
Supporting Details
Main Idea
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
CCSS.RI.9-10.4
CCSS.RL.11-12.4
CCSS.RL.9-10.4
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What should you be doing during your "Second Reading" of a new article?
Looking for the topic of the article, the who or what the article is about
Underlining new thoughts that will become the supporting details
Numbering your paragraphs
Tags
CCSS.RI.11-12.10
CCSS.RI.6.10
CCSS.RI.7.10
CCSS.RI.8.10
CCSS.RI.9-10.10
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the definition of a main idea?
The details that support what the text is about.
The central idea of a text.
The reader's opinion on a text.
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RI.8.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which questions can help determine the main idea? Select 2.
What is the author's opinion of the topic?
What is the author's background?
What is the text about?
What ideas in the text are most important?
Tags
CCSS.RI. 9-10.2
CCSS.RI.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.11-12.2
CCSS.RL.8.2
CCSS.RL.9-10.2
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