Summarize

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• exact words from the text
• including main ideas only

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing
• the entire text told in your own words
• a dumb thing that teachers make you write
• the main ideas and important details of a text

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?

• The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage.
• The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.
•  The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage.
• The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

What can you summarize?

• only novels
• only nonfiction
• only movies
• anything you read or watch

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

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.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.W.4.4

CCSS.W.4.5

When summarizing a story you must include...

• Everything that happened
• The most significant information
• An Inference
• My background knowledge

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CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading
• write about what I read
• include the key points of a text
• all of the above

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CCSS.RI.4.1

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.8

When writing a summary for a LITERARY text, what is a good thing to consider?

• text features
• story elements
• topic
• details

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CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.W.4.2B

CCSS.W.4.4

When writing a summary for a INFORMATIONAL text, what is a good thing to consider?

• characters
• solution
• details and facts
• conflict

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.3

CCSS.RI.4.5

How long should a summary be?

• a full page
• half of a page
• one sentence
• 3-5 sentences

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CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.2