ELA - Summary Review

What is a summary?

• Tells the people in the story.

• Retells the main events of the story in a shorter version.

• Tells where the story takes place.

• Tells us the theme of the story.

What is objective summary?

• Summary about your personal opinions.

• Summary that does not include any opinions, only facts from the text.

• Summary that is influenced with emotion.

• Summary of the text.

Choose all that apply: What does a summary include?

• Central Idea

• Minor Details

• Opinions

• Key Details

True or False: A summary is written in one sentence.

• True

• False

True or False: In a summary, you rewrite the entire original text.

• True

• False

What does NOT belong in a summary?

• Central Idea

• Facts

• 3-5 sentences

• Emotions

What is true about a summary?

• The summary is always found in the first sentence.

• You can add your opinion in your summary.

• A summary can only have 1-2 sentences.

• The summary is mostly what the passage is about.

When writing a summary what are some things you should think about?

• What are my favorite events that took place in the story?

• What are the most important events that took place?

• How could the author have made this story better?

• Who was my favorite character and why?

What are some good sentence starters when writing a summary?

• In the passage______ it talks about ______.

• This is my favorite book because _________.

• My favorite part in the story_____ was_____.

• The worst part in the passage_______is when______.

How can summaries help you be a better student?

• It helps you learn the characters in the a story.

• A summary gives lots of textual evidence.

• Summaries give you a better understanding of the reading.

• It lets you put all your opinions in a couple of sentences.