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Worksheetstheme/central idea/summary
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 2hrs 33mins
What is the objective summary?
What is the central idea?
The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil. It will be the 20th year of the World Cup. Brazil was chosen in October of 2007 to host the 2014 competition. Earlier in the year, South America had been chosen as the continent for the contest. Brazil was the only country to put in a bid. This is the second time Brazil will host the World Cup. The country hosted it in 1950. It is the first World Cup to be held in South America since 1978, when Argentina hosted. No other South American country has hosted the World Cup more than once.
The summary of this passage is:
The 20th World Cup will take place in 2014. In 2007, it was decided that the competition would be held in South America. It is the first World Cup in South America since 1978.
In October 2007, Brazil was chosen to host the 20th World Cup. Brazil has already hosted the World Cup before. 1978 was the last time a South American country hosted the World Cup.
The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American country to host the World Cup twice.
Early in 2007, South America was chosen as the continent for the 20th World Cup. Brazil was the only country that put in a bid. Brazil hosted the World Cup before in 1950.
Turn over a bag of potato chips. Is the label interesting? A simple food recipe may use several ingredients. These come from the soil and from chemistry labs around the world. Surprises also show up in the labels on clothing and other products. Look at the label on a package of lipstick. The tube seems small and shiny, but inside lipstick there is soap, oil, fish scales, and wax!
Which is the best way to summarize this passage?
A bag of potato chips seems like a simple recipe. There are many ingredients from the soil and from chemistry labs.
Clothes and other products have many ingredients as well. Lipstick alone has soap, oil, wax, and fish scales.
Labels show what goes into food, clothing, and other products. A simple product may have many ingredients.
Lipstick seems small and shiny. Look at the label sometime. It has at least four different ingredients.
A penny for your thoughts? If it's a 1943 copper penny, it could be worth as much as fifty thousand dollars. In 1943, most pennies were made out of steel since copper was needed for World War II, so the 1943 copper penny is ultra-rare. Another rarity is the 1955 double die penny. These pennies were mistakenly double stamped, so they have overlapping dates and letters. If it's uncirculated, it'd easily fetch $25,000 at an auction. Now that's a pretty penny.
A summary should include
3-5 sentences
the main W's and How
the most important information
all of the above
True or False?
When determining either central idea or theme, you should be able to find text evidence to support your statement.
True
False
An objective summary does not include...
Central Idea
Supporting Details
Title
Opinion
Which is not included in a summary of a nonfiction text?
Title
Opinion
Central Idea
Supporting Details
What is a summary?
Rephrasing the entire passage in your own words.
Briefly restating the important ideas in your own words.
The point the author wants you to remember most
A minor detail
When information is directly stated...
explicit text (explicitly)
determined
summary
inference
An objective summary includes
Who? What? when? Where? Why? and facts
Opinions
Long version of the story and main ideas
just the main idea
An inference is when...
a reader copies information directly word for word
a reader gains extra knowledge for a theme
a reader only uses the text to determine it
a reader uses what they know + clues from the text to come up with a conclusion
Find the central idea
Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business
Being a clown isn't all fun and games.
Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.
Rodeos are exciting.
Clowns are good at riding bulls.
Find the central idea
Being a clown isn't all fun and games. Rodeo clowns expose themselves to great danger every time they perform. When cowboys dismount or are bucked off of bulls at riding competitions, rodeo clowns jump in front of the bulls and motion wildly to get their attention. In this way rodeo clowns provide an alternate target, and in doing so protect the rider. So you see, sometimes clowning around can be serious business
Being a clown isn't all fun and games.
Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.
Rodeos are exciting.
Clowns are good at riding bulls.
Because lambs are sometimes eaten by coyotes, ranchers may hunt or trap the coyotes. However, killing coyotes may upset nature's balance. Scientists have found a way to protect sheep without killing coyotes. Coyotes are fed lamb meat treated with a drug. When they eat the meat, they get sick. Later, coyotes won't even go near lambs. They'll hunt rabbits instead.
This story mainly tells.....
Coyotes prefer rabbits to lambs.
Killing coyotes upsets nature's balance.
Scientists are trying to protect sheep and coyotes.
What is the main idea of this paragraph?
Which of the following details would best support the main idea of this passage?
Do you ever wonder how you taste things? You owe your sense of taste to your taste buds. We have 9,000 taste buds just on the tongue alone. There are also taste buds on the roof of your mouth. You even have taste buds on the back of your throat.
What does the author want you to learn about the passage?
Why we can taste only sweet things.
that we taste through our nose
Taste buds are found in different places.
What is the CENTRAL IDEA of a nonfiction text?
What the text is MOSTLY about.
A full paragraph SUMMARY of a text.
The type of CONFLICT used throughout a text.
The universal truth, moral lesson, or message that the author intends for the audience.
What is the central idea of the passage?
The law was not exactly fair in Europe during the Middle Ages. Back then, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the criminal was believed to be innocent. If you won, the criminal was believed to be guilty.
Laws of the Middle Ages were unfair.
Fighting was a good way to determine guilt or innocence during the Middle Ages.
Most people lied about crime in the Middle Ages.
Individuals that were innocent of crimes often won the fighting challenges.
Most people want to think that they are in control of their pets. However, a study by Karen McComb at the University of Sussex found that cat owners are controlled by their cats. Cat owners probably won’t have too much trouble believing this. Cats make a fairly loud noise by mixing a purr with a cry. The sound seems to be less annoying to humans than straight meowing. Using this sound, cats tell humans when they want to eat and when they want the door opened. The purr part of the sound keeps humans from becoming too annoyed, so the cat gets exactly what he or she wants.
Which sentence from the paragraph SUPPORTS the central idea that CATS HAVE A SMART WAY OF GETTING WHAT THEY WANT?
"Most people want to think that they are in control of their pets."
"Cat owners probably won't have too much trouble believing this."
"The purr part of the sound keeps humans from becoming too annoyed."
"Cats make a fairly loud noise by mixing a purr with a cry."
For hopeful professional football players, the prospect of being drafted can seem overwhelming because the odds are often against them. One way for players to stand out is to be in top physical condition. Potential football players have to be able to show coaches their power and abilities. Athletes have to show how strong and fast they are and should be able to show coaches and scouts the ways they can take advantage of their size. Opportunities for athletes to showcase their abilities include the 40-yard dash and the vertical jump. The vertical jump requires players to jump from a standing position and some top athletes can jump over 40 inches.
What is the central idea of this passage?
It is difficult to become a professional football player.
The vertical jump is a challenging task that involves jumping after standing still.
Hopeful football players have to be in peak physical shape.
Summaries should include every detail from a story or passage.
True
False
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.
Jill loves Mexican food.
The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.
What could be an example of a theme?
Friendship
Being prepared often leads to success.
How to bake chocolate chip cookies
Helping others
What is the theme?
Which of the following could be a theme of a story?
A 35-year-old woman named Essie and her brother.
A small apartment in Marfa, Texas.
Telling the truth may cause you pain, but in the end, it's better than lying.
Essie lied to her brother about her identity for two years, but she finally decided to tell him the truth.
