Nonfiction Summarizing

What is the main idea of the passage?

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, and rivers. Furthermore, there are also swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. Texas offers a lot for nature lovers! Texas is the best state out of them all for nature.

• Texas has many different types of nature landscapes.

• Furthermore, there are also swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.

• When some people think of Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which detail BELONGS IN A SUMMARY of the passage?

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, and rivers. Furthermore, there are also swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. Texas offers a lot for nature lovers! Texas is the best state out of them all for nature.

• When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail.

• There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island.

• Texas is the best state out of them all for nature.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which detail DOES NOT BELONGS IN A SUMMARY of the passage?

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, and rivers. Furthermore, there are also swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. Texas offers a lot for nature lovers! Texas is the best state out of them all for nature.

• Furthermore, there are also swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.

• There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island.

• Texas is the best state out of them all for nature.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

What is the main idea of this passage?

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It rarely snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable. This weather is much more appealing than the scorching summer weather in the southern states.

• San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area.

• Sn Francisco weather is much more appealing than the scorching summer weather in the southern states.

• San Francisco weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

Which detail BELONGS IN A SUMMARY of this passage?

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It rarely snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable. This weather is much more appealing than the scorching summer weather in the southern states.

• San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area.

• This weather is much more appealing than the scorching summer weather in the southern states.

• It rarely snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Which detail is NOT true about summaries.

• They briefly retell ideas in your own words.

• They should include opinions!

• They include the main idea and the most important events and

  details.

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2