WorksheetsQ2 Interim Study Guide
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 25mins
What is a summary?
Retells the main events of the story in a shorter version.
Tells the people in the story.
Tells where the story takes place.
Tells us the theme of the story.
The Blackpole Warbler is a tiny bird that takes a really long trip. This little songbird lives in the forests of North America in the summer. However, when the weather turns cold in North America, the Blackpole Warbler takes flight.These small birds fly all the way to the Caribbean, where they spend the winter on warm tropical beaches. How far does the warbler fly for this tropical getaway? Scientists have tracked the Blackpole Warbler and say these amazing birds can fly over 1,700 miles!
Which is the best summary of this text?
The blackpole warbler is a small bird. It is also asongbird. It can fly.
The blackpole warbler is a small songbird that can flyover 1,700 miles.
The blackpole warbler is a small songbird that flies fromNorth America all the way to the Caribbean. The bird fliesover 1,700 miles.
Birds often migrate to warmer places in the winter.
A summary is ________________.
Long
Short
The main idea should be included in a summary.
True
False
A summary includes enough details to tell the important ideas, but not too many unimportant details.
True
False
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.
Which best describes a summary?
a really long detailed piece of writing
the entire text told in your own words
a dumb thing that teachers make you write
the main ideas and important details of the beginning, middle, and end of a passage.
What is 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.
Rodeos are exciting.
Rodeo clowns protect cowboys by putting themselves in danger.
Clowns are good at riding bulls.
What is the central idea?
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.
Coyotes prefer rabbits to lambs.
Scientists are trying to protect sheep and coyotes.
Killing coyotes upsets nature's balance.
Definition of influence
sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
to give or supply (something, such as money or time) as a part or share
to affect or change someone or something in an indirect but usually important way.
something that is used to support an argument
Definition of evidence
sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
to give or supply (something, such as money or time) as a part or share
to affect or change someone or something in an indirect but usually important way.
something that is used to support an argument
Definition of significant
sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
to give or supply (something, such as money or time) as a part or share
to affect or change someone or something in an indirect but usually important way.
something that is used to support an argument
Definition of contribute
sufficiently great or important to be worthy of attention; noteworthy.
to give or supply (something, such as money or time) as a part or share
to affect or change someone or something in an indirect but usually important way.
something that is used to support an argument
