Summarizing

When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife.
The Summary of this passage is:

• There are a lot of cows in Texas.
• There are many different, varied parts of Texas.
•  Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.
•  There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.2

While reading, if I do not know what I have read, or something is not clear, I should

• write "I don't know" on my notes.
• keep reading, I want to finish first.
• go back and reread to find my answers.
• keep reading, maybe I will understand later.

Cornelia wanted to get out of taking her test in Science. She asked to go to the restroom during science class. As she wandered along the hall the shiny red fire drill seemed to call her name. Cornelia looked left and then right, and pulled the alarm. Green spray came out all over her arms, just as she began to run away. Ms. Singelton saw Cornelia's green arms and took her straight to the office. Turns out she still had to take the test, but from ISSP. 
Which answer choice is the best summary?

• Cornelia did not study for a test so she made a plan to hide out in the restroom during that class.
• Cornelia wanted to get out of a science test so she pulled the fire alarm. she got caught and ended up in ISSP.
• Cornelia hates tests so she decided to skip school instead of going to class on test days.
• Cornelia pulled the fire alarm so that Hannah could get out of taking a science test.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.W.4.9A

Travis and Frederick went to the mall to buy shoes. Frederick decided that he was going to steal pair of shoes from the mall. Travis tried to talk Frederick out of doing it. When they got to the mall and entered the shoes store Travis went to look at some shoes. Frederick pretended to be looking at shoes, when he suddenly bolted for the door with a pair of Nikes. The security guard reached out and grabbed Frederick's arm and took him to the station. Travis just called his mom to pick him up. 
What is the most appropriate summary?

• Travis wanted a pair of shoes from the mall so he got his friend Frederick to steal them.
• Frederick thought he could get away with stealing shoes from the mall and he did.
• Travis had no idea that Frederick planned to steal from the mall when they planned to buy shoes.
• Travis tried to talk his friend Frederick out of stealing shoes from the mall, but when he did it anyway he got caught.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.4.2

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading
• write about what I read
• include the important information of a text
• all of the above