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Are summarized long and detailed?

• Yes
• No
• It depends on what you're summarizing.

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If you are feeling sad, you can make yourself feel better by doing a few simple things. You can take a walk (or get another form of exercise), you can talk to a friend, or you can write down your feelings. Writing down the good things in your life will help too. Doing something good for someone else will also help you feel better. If you still feel a little sad, act happy. It works like magic to make you feel better!
What is the main idea?

• Sometimes people feel sad.
• You should do good things for others.
• We're not always happy.
• There are many ways to make yourself feel better. 

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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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Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.

What does the author want you to learn about the passage?

• Why we can taste only sweet things.

• that we taste through our nose

• Taste buds are found in different places.

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What is the Great Migration?

• The Great Migration was a large movement of birds from the north to the south to be warm for the winter.
• The Great Migration was the name of the time period after WWI.
• The Great Migration is the mass movement of African Americans from the south in the early 1900s.

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^{Passages from Main Idea and Summarizing (Beech)}                                    In 1588, the Spanish Armada sailed to fight against England.  The armada consisted of a fleet of 130 ships.  Aboard one of these sips was a tailless cat.  Her job was to catch mice.  After a great naval battle that England dominated, the Spanish ships set sail for home.  The cat's ship was wrecked near the Isle of man.  The nimble cat got ashore safely and lived there ever after.  Her many descendants became known as Manx cats after the name of their island home. Manx cats are known for being tailless.  The title that best summarizes this passage is__________.

• Why the Spanish Lost at Sea
• How the Manx Cat Got Its Name
• Catching Mice Aboard a Ship
• Why Some Cats Are Tailless

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summarize

• 
  common characteristics; identifies how things are alike or similar
• 
  to arrive at a decision, to close or bring to an end
• 
  present the main points of a text in a concise form
• 
  best chance of happening or being correct

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When you summarize a book, you find its essentials. You think about what you’ve read and decide what matters most. That’s why summarizing builds critical-thinking skills. Summarizing can help you focus on the most important parts of a text and keep them organized in your head. It makes it easier to understand and remember what you’re reading.

According to this passage, why are you building critical-thinking skills when you summarize?

• because you’re evaluating the text to decide what’s most important
  
• because you’re critiquing the text to determine if it was interesting or boring
  
• because you’re using your imagination to write a new ending
  
• because you’re combining what you’ve learned in one text with your background knowledge
  

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A statement that states the purpose and main point in an essay is know as the ___.

• Central Idea
• Thesis
• Theme
• Support

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Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer. Soccer players learn how to dribble and pass the ball. They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score. Most importantly, soccer players learn how to work together with their teammates.
What is the central idea?

• They also learn how to control the ball so they can eventually score.
• Soccer players learn how to dribble.
• Soccer players learn many skills when playing soccer.

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