Analyze the title, headings, subheadings, first and last paragraphs, and repeated keywords or phrases.

Focus only on the subheadings.

Ignore the title and headings.

Read only the first paragraph.

Supporting details in an informational text are irrelevant and can be ignored.

Identifying supporting details in an informational text is a waste of time.

Supporting details in an informational text only confuse the reader.

Supporting details in an informational text provide evidence and examples that support the main idea or thesis of the text.

Look for specific examples, facts, statistics, evidence, and transitional words or phrases.

Skip over any unfamiliar words or terms

Rely solely on personal opinions and experiences

Read the text quickly without paying attention to details

Condensing the main ideas and key details of the text into a shorter version.

Copying the text word for word without any changes.

Expanding on the main ideas and key details of the text.

Providing a detailed analysis of the text.

Summarizing an informational text is not important because it adds unnecessary details and confuses the reader.

Summarizing an informational text is important because it condenses the main ideas and key details, improves comprehension, and allows for quick understanding of the text.

Summarizing an informational text is important because it makes the text longer and more difficult to understand.

Summarizing an informational text is not important because it does not improve comprehension or understanding of the text.

Focus on main ideas and key details, condense into a concise summary

Focus only on minor details and ignore main ideas.

Write a lengthy summary without omitting any information.

Include every detail from the text.

Summarizing the main ideas of the text.

Identifying the genre of the text.

Analyzing the author's tone and mood in the text.

Drawing conclusions or making educated guesses based on the evidence and details provided in the text.

To memorize facts and details.

To ignore the author's perspective.

To make connections, draw conclusions, and understand implicit information.

To skim through the text quickly.

Analyze evidence, identify key details, make connections, draw logical conclusions

Analyze evidence, ignore key details, make random connections, draw illogical conclusions.

Read the text once, skip key details, make random connections, draw illogical conclusions.

Skim the text, guess the meaning, make assumptions, ignore details.