Review Summarizing

A summary is ________ than the original text.

• longer

• shorter

• the same length

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

TRUE or FALSE: A summary uses your own words.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A summary includes _________.

• the title only

• all the details

• main ideas and supporting details

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

Why is summarizing important?

• Summarizing helps us understand what we read and remember it.

• Summarizing is not important.

• Summarizing makes us forget what we read.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

TRUE or FALSE: Before we start summarizing, we need to pick out the main idea.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

TRUE or FALSE: Before we start summarizing, we need to find supporting details.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

TRUE or FALSE: Before we start summarizing, we need to know how to write using our own words.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Main idea can also be called the gist, central idea, or ______________.

• chapter

• text feature

• main point

• title

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

TRUE or FALSE: The main idea links all other ideas in the text together.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

Think about the following words: apples, strawberries, grapes, oranges. What is the main idea that links them together?

• They are all orange.

• They are all fruit.

• They are all vegetables.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2