Summarizing - Informational Text

Summaries for fiction and non-fiction are both just a retelling of the information in the passage, but shorter.

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The main idea of this article would be: 

• Science is important. 

• We can find cures for diseases. 

• A cure was found for the robot flu. 

• It is important to find a cure for Covid 19. 

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

A summary includes every detail from the text. 

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

A summary can be compared to a ________ of the text. 

• map

• folder

• menu

• paper

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Is it important to include the detail about the rain in the summary of discovering the cure for robot flu?

• Yes

• No

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CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

What kind of details are included in a summary?

• All

• Most

• Just the most important details to tell the information.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2