Summarizing CFA

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:

• A. There are many different, varied parts of Texas.

  
  

• B. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States.

• C. There are a lot of cows in Texas.

• D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

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:

• A. Jill loves Mexican food.

  
  

• B. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin.

• C. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.

• D. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

3. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. 

The Summary of this passage is:

• A. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants.

  
  

• B. The camels were swatting flies with their tails.

• C. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

• D. It was really hot at the zoo.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

4.

 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.

The Summary of this passage is:

• A. Jason was the best player on his team.

  
  

• B. Jason had trouble catching ground balls.

• C. Jason really wanted to play third base.

• D. Jason was too lazy to practice.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

5.

For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome.

 The Summary of this passage is:

• A. Jenny likes bright colors.

  
  

• B. Yellow is a good color to paint your walls.

• C. Jenny was going to paint her room.

• D. Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

6.

San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable.

The Summary of this passage is:

• A. The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild.

  
  

• B. Many people choose to live in California.

• C. It seldom snows in California.

• D. San Francisco has many neat things to do.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2