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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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A summary does what?

• nothing
• tells an opinion
• makes an educated guess
• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points

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Which of the following questions should you definitely answer in a summary of the novel My Funny Friend Fiona?

• What's Fiona's neighbor's favorite color?
• What happens to Fiona
• Is My Funny Friend Fiona a boring book?
• How long did it take you to read My Funny Friend Fiona

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For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.
 The Summary of this passage is:

• Jenny likes bright colors.
• Jenny was going to paint her room.
• Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.
• Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

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The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads is about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea.
The Summary of this passage is:

• Chris likes kangaroos.
• Chris is in the fifth grade.
• Chris reads a lot of books about animals.
• Dolphins and whales live in the sea.

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In 1638, a Swedish ship arrived in America.  The immigrants aboard founded a community called Fort Christina.  The Dutch soon took over this settlement but not before the Swedes had built snug log cabins like those in their homeland.  The cabins were made of notched logs carefully fitted together without nails.  The walls were chinked with moss or clay, and the roofs were made of hardwood.  Plentiful lumber made these easy-to-build cabins ideal for settlers.  Log cabins became a symbol of the pioneer spirit.   Which title best summarizes this paragraph?

• A Building Boom in 1638
• Building the Pioneer Spirit
• Contribution From the Dutch
• Log Cabins From the Sweedish

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what the text is all about; has the same meaning as the main idea

• supporting details
• topic
• central idea
• paraphrase

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Which is the best summary of the story?

• A young man becomes a success
• A young man solves a mystery
• A young man falls into a deadly trap
• A young man takes advantage of a kind old lady

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No matter what you’re reading, you have to find the main ideas to summarize it. If you’re reading a novel or story, you might organize your summary with five words: “Somebody wanted but so then.” As you’re reading, focus on the main character. That’s the somebody.What do they want? But what stands in their way? So what do they do? Then what is the outcome?

Read the following story.

Little Red Riding Hood wanted to bring a basket of food to her sick grandmother. A mean wolf saw her walking on the path and wanted to trick her. He ran ahead to the grandmother’s house and locked the grandmother away. He then dressed up in the grandmother’s clothes before Little Red Riding Hood arrived. When she got there, Little Red Riding Hood was almost fooled. But she realized the trick and ran away to get a woodcutter who was working nearby. He killed the wolf. Little Red Riding Hood saved her grandmother.
Which of the following best summarizes this story?

• A woodcutter saves the day.
  
• Little Red Riding Hood wanted to bring food to her grandmother, but a wolf tried to play a trick on her by locking up her grandmother. So Little Red Riding Hood found a woodcutter who was working nearby, and he and Little Red Riding Hood put an end to the wolf’s tricks and saved the grandmother.
  
• Little Red Riding Hood went to visit to her grandmother who was sick. A wolf saw her walking on the path. There was also a woodcutter working nearby.
  
• A wolf dressed up as an old woman.
  

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Which of the following answers is the BEST way to combine these three sentences?  (Make sure you keep the meaning of the sentences in the answer you select.)
I love snow days.  I sleep in late.  I read and talk to my friends on the phone.

• I love snow days, because I read and talk to my friends on the phone.
• I read and talk to my friends on the phone on snow days.
• I love snow days I sleep in late and I read and talk to my friends on the phone.
• I love snow days, because I sleep in, read, and talk to my friends on the phone!

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