Include the key points of a text

Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin. The Summary of this passage is:

Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. The Summary of this passage is:

Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

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 was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

Jenny was going to paint her room.

Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

What is the primary purpose of writing a summary?

C) To give a brief overview of the main points

A) To provide a detailed analysis of the text

B) To express personal thoughts about the text

D) To rewrite the text in your own words

Writing Summaries

Quiz

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English

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6th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.6.2, RL.6.2, RL.5.2

+3

Standards-aligned

Sarah Williams

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15 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Should you include this sentence in an objective summary: The story starts off in France at the end of WW II.

Yes

No

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many quotes from the text can I put in an objective summary?

NONE.

Only one or two of the best ones!

Your objective summary can just be a small section of the actual text, word for word.

You should have a few because you're writing about the text, so you need evidence.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does a summary do?

Tell everything that happened in the text

Explains an educated guess about what the text might be about

States an opinion about the text

Tells about the important information or key points in a succinct way.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When writing a summary for an INFORMATIONAL text, what is a good thing to consider?

characters

solution

details and facts

conflict

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

5.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

TRUE OR FALSE: Summaries include outside information from sources other than the text.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should be written in objective voice, using important details and not opinions.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries connect the main ideas or key ideas that were written in the text

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

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Writing Summaries

15 questions

Should you include this sentence in an objective summary: The story starts off in France at the end of WW II.

How many quotes from the text can I put in an objective summary?

What does a summary do?

When writing a summary for an INFORMATIONAL text, what is a good thing to consider?

TRUE OR FALSE: Summaries include outside information from sources other than the text.

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should be written in objective voice, using important details and not opinions.

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries connect the main ideas or key ideas that were written in the text

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should have exact quotes, word for word, from the text

TRUE OR FALSE: Nonfiction summaries should include supporting details from the text that support the main idea.

Summaries help me...

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