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Summarizing STAAR

Authored by Sarah Williams

English

8th Grade

CCSS covered

Summarizing STAAR
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

How many parts of a summary should you include?

TWO

THREE

FOUR

FIVE

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the difference between summarizing and paraphrasing?

There is no difference.

Summarizing tells you the whole story. Paraphrasing tells you a part of it.

Paraphrasing tells the story in your own words, Summarizing uses words from the story.

Summarizing uses your own words and paraphrasing uses words from the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 7 pts

STAAR 2.0 is testing me on the following skills:

Author's Purpose

Summarizing

Organization Patterns

Key Ideas

Inferring

Reading

Writing

Main Idea

Revising

Editing

Claim

Evidence

Reasons

Thesis Statement

Citing Sources

Capitalization

Usage

Punctuation

Spelling

Sentence Structures

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the primary purpose of summarizing a text?

To provide a detailed analysis

To list all the facts

To give a brief overview

To rewrite the text in your own words

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following is a key component of a good summary?

Including personal opinions

Using direct quotes

Highlighting main ideas

Adding new information

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When summarizing a story, what should you focus on?

Minor details

Main events

Character names

Exact dialogue

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the difference between a summary and a critique?

A summary includes personal opinions, a critique does not

A critique is shorter than a summary

A summary is objective, a critique includes analysis

A critique is objective, a summary includes analysis

Tags

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

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