summarizing

what is summarizing

• to give a brief or short story to describe a longer story

• to make a logical guess

• a character trait

• a breed of dog

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

you should write a summary in

• your own words

• argumentative form

• in a secret language that only you understand

• one word

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a summary should

• mention the age of the author

• describe the main details

• be only the first sentence

• not be about the plot

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CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

if you are summarizing the a book it should always include

• the middle name of the main character

• where the author was born

• what the book was about

• how many pages were in the book

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

what can you summarize

• only books

• anything that you read or watch

• only poems

• only movies or TV shows

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

if a book is about three men who made the fridge what should the summary include

• the name of the three men

• how they made the fridge

• what year they made the fridge

• where they were born

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

what is the closest definition to what a summary is

• a short explanation of what you read or watched

• the theme of something

• where the movie or book took place

• you opinion of the book or movie

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

when would you most likely summarize a book

• to tell a friend about the book

• if you forgot what the book was about

• when you didn't understand a word in the book

• so that you can learn Spanish

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now.

The Summary of this passage is:

• The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

• Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

• it was really hot at the zoo

• peater enjoyed the zoo very much

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

what is not a summary

• a short expiation of a story or movie

• a book

• a movie

• an educated guess on the outcome of something in a movie

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2