Summarizing Main Idea

Summarizing Main Idea

5th - 12th Grade

20 Qs

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Summarizing Main Idea

Summarizing Main Idea

Assessment

Quiz

English

5th - 12th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
RL.11-12.2, RL.8.2, RI.7.2

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Margaret Anderson

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What is a summary?

a short explanation of a text
a persuasive argument about a text
a movie based off a book
a theme or universal lesson

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

When would you most likely summarize a book? 

when you want to forget a book you've read
when you want to tell a friend your opinion of a book but not what it was about
when you want to tell a friend the gist or the main idea of a book
when you don't understand a vocabulary word you read in a book

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

A summary should

answer the 5 W's: who, what, when, where, and why.
describe the details but not the main ideas.
never mention the plot of the text.
always mention the age of the author.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

You should write your summary

in your own words with complete sentences
in a secret language that your make up
in one draft without revising
in fragments without punctuation

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

What can you summarize?

only novels
only nonfiction
only movies
anything you read or watch

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

The article "The Three Men Who Invented the Telephone" is about three different men who contributed to the invention of the telephone. Which of the following should you include in a summary of this article?

details about how smartphones and cell phones work
a detail about where the phrase "put someone on hold" came form
a brief explanation of how each man was involved in the invention of the telephone
your opinion about who really invented the telephone

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

5 mins • 1 pt

When summarizing, I should identify...

the main idea and supporting details of the plot
Just the main idea.

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

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