Summarizing Literary Text

What is the BEST choice for a summaries' job?

• answers quality questions about the text

• summaries the author's intentions

• gives a better understanding of the text

• makes a short version of the passage

How long is a summary?

• Short with important details from the text

• Long so all the details will be included

• Same length as the text

• Longer than the text

Should a summary include accurate details from the text?

• No

• The person makes up their own details.

• The details do not matter

• Yes

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

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

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words

• summary being shorter than the text

• exact words from the text

• including main ideas only

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false?

•  The Summary is what the passage is mostly about.

• The Summary is what most of the sentences or paragraphs are about.

• The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage

• The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.

Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true?

• The Summary is one detail 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.

What is a summary?

• a short explanation of a text

• a persuasive argument about a text

• a movie based off of a book

• a theme or universal lesson

March 2nd was a great day at the New York Public Library. More than 250 first and second graders wore red-and-white-striped stovepipe hats. They were celebrating The Cat in the Hat's 50th birthday. Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat picture book has been published for 50 years now. The famous feline danced with children racing around him. At the same time, pink, purple, and white confetti rained down.
Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders. They sat on brightly-colored rugs around her. Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair. Pink and purple umbrellas hung from the ceiling. The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high for the many characters in the story.
After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!" The students took off their hats and waved them excitedly.
Which sentence should be included in the summary of the passage above?

• After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!"

• The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high...

• Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair.

• Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders.