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Summary Writing Techniques and Practices

Summary Writing Techniques and Practices

Assessment

Interactive Video

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English

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6th - 7th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

Created by

Richard Gonzalez

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This video tutorial guides students on writing objective summaries by following five steps: annotating the text, determining the central idea, writing a topic sentence, using transition words, and proofreading. The tutorial emphasizes using the five Ws and gist notes to ensure summaries are factual and in the student's own words.

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an objective summary?

A summary that is fictional

A summary that includes personal opinions

A summary that only includes facts from the text

A summary that is subjective

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a step in writing an objective summary?

Reading and annotating the text

Determining the central idea

Including personal opinions

Using transition words

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the first step in writing an objective summary?

Writing a topic sentence

Using transition words

Reading and annotating the text

Determining the central idea

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you look for when annotating a text?

The text's length

The text's publication date

The five W's: who, what, when, where, why

The author's biography

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the central idea of a text?

The text's publication date

The text's main theme

The author's opinion

The text's length

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What should you do with unknown words in the text?

Delete them

Replace them with known words

Box them for further understanding

Ignore them

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the importance of annotating the text?

To add personal opinions

To help determine the central idea

To confuse the reader

To make the text longer

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