Summarizing Nonfiction

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What does BME stand for?

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Beginning, Middle and End

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What does a summary do?

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A summary is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points.

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Summaries help me...

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all of the above

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Summary of passage: 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.

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Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

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Summary of passage: Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream.

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Jason really wanted to play third base.

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Summary of the passage about ants:

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Ants are hard workers.

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Summary of passage about Chris's reading habits.

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Chris reads a lot of books about animals.

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When writing a summary for an informational text, what is a good thing to consider?

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details and facts

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When writing a summary for a LITERARY text, what is a good thing to consider?

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story elements

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Summarize 1: YouTube Red members now get an additional exciting feature: YouTube Red Originals. YouTube Red members now have access to original movies and series created by YouTubers. The goal of YouTube Red Originals is to create longer video experiences that have bigger and bolder stories. It also gives YouTubers an opportunity to pursue their dreams even more!

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YouTube Red Originals are series and movies that YouTube creators provide for Red members.