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WorksheetsText Summarization
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 1hrs 22mins
This refers to the condensation of significant facts from an original piece of writing.
summary
main idea
topic sentence
thesis statement
When you summarize a text, you find its essentials. You think about what you’ve read and decide what matters most. That’s why summarizing builds critical-thinking skills. Summarizing can help you focus on the most important parts of a text and keep them organized in your head. It makes it easier to understand and remember what you’re reading.
According to this passage, why are you building critical-thinking skills when you summarize?
because you’re evaluating the text to decide what’s most important
because you’re critiquing the text to determine if it was interesting or boring
because you’re using your imagination to write a new ending
because you’re combining what you’ve learned in one text with your background knowledge
Read the summary below.
Cynthia and the Spaceship is a novel by Evelyn Redding. In the book, Cynthia, the main character, overcomes a challenge to accomplish her dream of owning a spaceship. The novel is set in Chicago in the year 2150.
Which of the following would improve this summary?
Read the following passage.
The article “Orange You Glad” by Wanda Biederman is all about oranges: the history, varieties and products that are made from them. Oranges are not known to grow wildly. They likely originated in Asia, either in India or in China. Spanish travelers brought the fruit to the Americas in the 1500s. There are bitter oranges and sweet oranges. I like to use bitter oranges to make jelly. Orange juice is made from oranges, and orange oil, which is used to flavor foods, is made of sweet oranges. Oranges are packed with vitamin C, a fact that historically made them a popular food among sailors. Vitamin C helps heal wounds and repair bones. The article concludes with the idea that people should eat an orange, and not an apple, every day.
Which of the following details from the passage does not belong in the summary?
Based on this passage, reading only the first paragraph of a newspaper article would
1. Annie tries to get the summary of the text she is reading. She pares down the information she gets into a 20-word summary. What strategy did she use in writing a summary?
GIST Summary
Somebody Wanted But So
Journalist Questions
Magnet Summary
Read the text below.
Longitudinal studies have also confirmed the role of beliefs in teacher practice. The impact of previously held beliefs was found to be enduring when four school teachers were observed over a two year period implementing a new and specific method of teaching reading (Stephens et al., 2000). Despite the teachers receiving special training, new practice was not comprehensively sustained, with one teacher reverting to practice based on prior held beliefs at the end of the training period. Similar reliance on earlier beliefs has been observed in studies of preservice teachers. In a two year study on development of professional belief systems about reading instruction the teachers appeared to create fictive images of themselves as teachers consistent with their prior knowledge of teachers and reading, and the experiences they had on teaching practicum (Stoube, 2009). These factors seemed more important in forming these teachers’ notions about teaching reading, than formal reading courses undertaken as part of teacher training. In a similar fashion, research with preservice teachers at two American universities found that previous, personal experience and beliefs continued to influence content and instructional choices of these participants (Barnyak & Paquette, 2010).
McHardy, J. & Chapman, E. (2016). Adult reading teachers’ beliefs about how less-skilled adult readers can be taught to read, Literacy and Numeracy Studies, 24(2), 24-42. doi:10.5130/lns.v24i2.4809
Which of the following best summarizes the original paragraph?
Teachers’ reluctance to implement new methods of teaching reading to adults is regrettable (McHardy & Chapman, 2016). By holding onto their old belief systems, they are not making the most of their training and thereby disadvantaging their students. Studies by Stephens et al. (2000), Stoube (2009) and Barnyak & Paquette (2010) all support this assertion.
McHardy and Chapman (2016) prove that teachers find it impossible to change their approach to teaching reading to adults despite being trained in alternative methods. They always return to the practices they believe are best. Their views are supported by at least three other studies.
McHardy and Chapman (2016) discuss previous research into preservice teachers (Stoube, 2009; Barnyak & Paquette, 2010) and experienced teachers (Stephens et al., 2000) and conclude that even when they have received training in methods of teaching reading that differ from their existing practices and beliefs, they often revert to the old ways after the training is completed.
McHardy and Chapman (2016) stated the role of beliefs has an impact in teaching practice based on the longitudinal studies of different researchers.
