Summarizing Practice

What should all good summaries include?

• The main idea of a text

• Distracting details

• Your opinion

What is the topic of the passage?

• pollination

• flowers

• watermelon seeds

How does the heading of each section help determine the main idea?

• The heading introduces the details. 

• The heading introduces the main idea. 

• The heading tells the reader the text structure. 

Choice A is a bad summary because

• it's incomplete. The summary doesn't offer information from each part of the text. 

• it only includes the main idea. 

• it doesn't include the main idea. 

Summary C isn't the best summary because

• it's missing the main idea. 

• it includes information not from the text. 

• it's missing parts of the text and includes unneccessary information. 

Why is option D the best summary?

• Option D is the best summary because it's the longest summary and has the most information. 

• Option D is the best summary because it includes all of the most important parts of the passage. 

• Option D is the best summary because the author's opinion is included.