main ideas and summarizing

What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text

• a theme or universal lesson

• a persuasive argument about a text

• the supporting details in a passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Main Idea stands for:

• most important

• major idiom

• metaphor imagery

• main inference

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

You should write a summary:

• in your own words using main ideas from the text

• by copying the first and last sentence in each paragraph

• by identifying all of the supporting details in the passage

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Summaries should include opinions.

• true

• false

• sometimes

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which question would be most helpful for figuring out the main idea of a book?

• what is the main thing that the author wants to say?

• what else do I know about the subject?

• who is the author of the passage?

Tags

CCSS.RI.1.1

CCSS.RI.2.1

CCSS.RI.3.1

CCSS.RL.2.1

CCSS.RL.3.1

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

• details about how smart phones and cell phones work

• your opinion about who contributed the most to inventing the telephone

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text

• a movie based on a book

• a persuasive argument about a book

• a theme of universal lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

You should write a summary...

• in one draft without revising

• with a list of bullet points

• in your own words with complete sentences

• in a secret language that you make up

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What best describes a summary?

• A really long detailed piece of writing

• The ENTIRE text told in your own words

• The main idea and important details of a text

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading

• include the key points of a text

• write about what I read

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2