Summary writing

A summary does what?

• nothing
• tells an opinion
• makes an educated guess
• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Summaries help me...

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

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.W.1.2

What is a short review of what happened? 

• Summary
• Prediction
• Definition
• Root Word

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.RL.1.2

CCSS.RL.1.3

True or false: Summaries should be longer than the story you are talking about. 

• True (Yes, it should be longer)
• False (It should be shorter) 

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CCSS.RI.1.2

CCSS.W.1.2

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.
The Summary of this passage is:

• Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
•  Jill loves Mexican food.
• The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.
•  Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

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CCSS.RL.7.2

What should be included in the summary?

• Your opinion of the story
• Where the story takes place
• Where you read the story

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CCSS.RI.3.2

CCSS.RL.3.2

A summary is ________________.

• Long

• Short

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CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• quotes words from the text
• including main ideas only

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Does the meaning of the text change when you write an objective summary?

• No, it's shorter but has the same meaning.
• Yes, of course the meaning changes because someone else is writing it.
• It depends on the material and who originally wrote it. 

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

When you write the events you'll want to paraphrase them. Paraphrasing means...

• to list chronologically
• to list objectively
• to reduce to five sentences or less
• to change the wording to your own words

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CCSS.W.8.8