Second Quarter Pre-assessment (Grade 7)

What is a summary?

• A summary is a synthesis of a piece of writing's key ideas, restated in your own words.

• A summary is the presentation of ideas and information in your own words and an acknowledgment of where they come from.

• A summary is a conclusion or opinion that is formed because of known facts or evidence.

• A summary is a formal statement of the meaning or significance of a text.

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

All statements below are guidelines in summarizing, EXCEPT:

• reading the selection carefully and picking out only the main ideas or important points.

• writing the summary in your own words

• keeping to a minimum number of words and excluding unnecessary details and examples

• comparing the topic to another topic that is beyond the information in the text

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

All examples below are linear texts, EXCEPT:

• Poems

• Novels

• Histograms

• Letters

All examples below are non-linear texts, EXCEPT:

• Concept maps

• Short stories

• Venn Diagrams

• Graphs

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

All the options below describe the difference between linear and non-linear texts, EXCEPT:

• Linear texts typically include printed texts, while Non-linear texts typically include digital texts.

• There’s only one reading path decided by the author in linear texts, while in non-linear texts, there are multiple reading paths, and the reader determines them.

• Linear texts refer to the texts that do not need to be read from the beginning to the end. Meanwhile, the non-linear texts refer to traditional texts read from the beginning to the end.

• In linear texts, grammar and style are the focus, while in nonlinear texts, the data and information are the focus.

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CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

CCSS.RL.8.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Identify whether the given examples are linear text or non-linear text. Write LT if the example is a linear text and NLT if the example is a non-linear text.

• NLT

• LT

Identify whether the given examples are linear text or non-linear text. Write LT if the example is a linear text and NLT if the example is a non-linear text.

• NLT

• LT

Identify whether the given examples are linear text or non-linear text. Write LT if the example is a linear text and NLT if the example is a non-linear text.

• NLT

• LT

Identify whether the given examples are linear text or non-linear text. Write LT if the example is a linear text and NLT if the example is a non-linear text.

• NLT

• LT

Identify whether the given examples are linear text or non-linear text. Write LT if the example is a linear text and NLT if the example is a non-linear text.

• NLT

• LT