Flocabulary - Summarizing - Quiz

What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text

• a persuasive argument about a text

• a movie based off of a book

• a theme or universal lesson

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

When would you most likely summarize a book?

• when you want to forget a book you’ve read

• when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about

• when you want to tell a friend the gist or main ideas of a book

• when you don’t understand a vocabulary word you read in a book

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

A summary should

• answer the 5 W’s: who, what, when, where and why.

• describe the details but not the main ideas.

• never mention the plot of the text.

• always mention the age of the author.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

Which of the following questions should you definitely answer in a summary of the novel My Funny Friend Fiona?

• What’s Fiona’s neighbor’s favorite color?

• What happens to Fiona?

• Is My Funny Friend Fiona a boring book?

• How long did it take you to read My Funny Friend Fiona?

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

What detail should be cut from the summary?

• the name of the main character

• the title of the book

• the fact that the book is a novel

• the opinion that it's the "funniest book in the world"

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

When should you write a draft of your summary?

• immediately after reading the text for the first time

• before coding the text

• before re-reading sections you didn’t understand

• after you’ve read the text, coded it and re-read any sections you didn’t understand

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

Which of the following is an example of coding while you read?

• looking a word up in the dictionary

• putting an exclamation mark next to surprising or new information

• drawing a picture of your kitten in the blank space at the end of a chapter

• re-reading the same page 10-15 times

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.11-12.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

You should write your summary

• in your own words with complete sentences.

• in a secret language that you make up.

• in one draft without revising.

• in fragments without punctuation.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

What can you summarize?

• only novels

• only nonfiction

• only movies

• anything you read or watch

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

The article “The Three Men Who Invented the Telephone” is about three different men who contributed to the invention of the telephone. Which of the following should you include in a summary of this article?

• details about how smartphones and cell phones work

• a detail about where the phrase “put someone on hold” came from

• a brief explanation of how each man was involved in the invention of the telephone

• your opinion about who really invented the telephone

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2