Summary & Central Idea Review

What is a text's CENTRAL IDEA?

• facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions

• briefly restating the text in your own words

• a reasonable conclusion based on both evidence and prior knowledge of a topic

• the most important point the writer is trying to make

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

If a supporting detail is RELEVANT, that means the detail...

• includes an opinion

• is important

• is not important

• does not include an opinion

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is a SUMMARY?

• facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions

• briefly restating the text in your own words

• a reasonable conclusion based on both evidence and prior knowledge of a topic

• the most important point the writer is trying to make

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

If a supporting detail is OBJECTIVE, that means the detail...

• includes an opinion

• is important

• is not important

• does not include an opinion

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is a SUPPORTING DETAIL?

• facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions

• briefly restating the text in your own words

• a reasonable conclusion based on both evidence and prior knowledge of a topic

• the most important point the writer is trying to make

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is an INFERENCE?

• facts, examples, reasons, or descriptions

• briefly restating the text in your own words

• a reasonable conclusion based on both evidence and prior knowledge of a topic

• the most important point the writer is trying to make

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CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

What is the MAIN IDEA of the passage?

When a person decides to get a dog, he or she has many kinds to choose from. As a rule, short-haired dogs are best for cities. Beagles, Boston Terriers, and Dachshunds make pretty good city pets. Great Danes are short-haired too. However, they are too big for city living. It is hard to give them all the exercise they need. Setters, Springer Spaniels, and Collies are especially good as country dogs.

• Dogs make better pets than cats.

• Some breeds of dogs are better than others for city life.

• There are many breeds of dogs.

• Short-haired dogs are better for cities.

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is the MAIN IDEA of the passage?

The most famous pyramids are the Egyptian pyramids - huge structures built of brick or stone, some of which are among the world's largest constructions. They are shaped as a reference to the rays of the sun. Most pyramids had a polished, highly reflective white limestone surface, in order to give them a shining appearance when viewed from a distance. The capstone was usually made of hard stone - granite or basalt - and could be plated with gold, silver, or electrum and would also be highly reflective.

• The Egyptian pyramids are highly reflective and made of limestone and granite.

• The world's most famous, monumental pyramids are in Egypt.

• The Egyptian pyramids reflect the sun and can be seen from a great distance.

• The Egyptian pyramids were constructed by slaves.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Select the best SUMMARY for the paragraph.

The city of San Francisco is located in the state of California. It is a coastal town and borders the Pacific Ocean. The weather rarely ever gets very hot or cold. The temperatures are generally very mild throughout the year. It's mild climate is why many people enjoy living there. In the wintertime it seldom snows and rarely gets below freezing. Even when the rest of the U.S.A. is sweltering in the summertime, San Francisco stays in the mid-80s with a gentle and refreshing breeze from the bay to keep the weather pleasant.

• San Francisco has a lot of attractions and fun things to do.

• It seldom gets cold in the city of San Francisco.

• A lot of people live in the state of California.

• The weather in San Francisco is mild year round.

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CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Select the best SUMMARY for the passage.

You may know that early explorers and sailors used the night sky to help them navigate their way. Well, humans aren't the only animals to use the stars this way.

Scientists have discovered that birds and seals also use the stars to help them find their way. More interestingly, dung beetles do the same!

A dung beetle can move about 250 times its weight in dung in a single day. All this rolling requires a good sense of direction. Dung beetles use the sun to help them roll in a straight line during the day. At night, they use the Milky Way, a bright band of stars in the sky, to do the same.

Kind of gives you a new appreciation for the song "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" doesn't it?

• Early explorers used their knowledge of animals to help them find new ways of navigation.

• The sun and the Milky Way are both important navigational tools.

• A dung beetle can roll an impressive amount of dung in one day.

• Humans and many others types of animals including birds, seals, and dung beetles use stars to help them find their way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2