Summarizing and Main Idea
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- Q1
We use summarizing to:
Reduce information to essential ideas
Retell a story
Get through an article more quickly
Avoid long reading
45s - Q2
What can one summarize?
Whatever you read
Only books
Only essays
Only blogs
120s - Q3
Which is not part of the summary?
Exact words from the text
Summary shorter than text
Using own words to summarize
Including main point only
120s - Q4
What is the first step to summarizing a passage?
What is the first step to summarizing a passage?
Reading from the end
Reading only introduction
Reading only the main body
30s - Q5
A summary should consist of?
Main points
Introduction only
Conclusion only
Pictures
30s - Q6
What is the best strategy for summarizing?
All of the above
Careful reading
Looking for important details
Main idea
30s - Q7
When summarizing, we want to __________________ unimportant information.
Disregard/Delete
Summarize
Highlight
Give importance
30s - Q8
The main idea is __________________________
The most important information
All the information provided
Nothing to worry about
Provide extra information
120s - Q9
True or False: Basic signal words are: Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How.
True
False
30s - Q10
The _______________________ gives the reader an idea about what the paragraph is going to be about.
Topic sentence
Concluding sentence
Summary
None of the above
30s - Q11
Bonus: 10 points
March 2nd was a great day at the Hopkins Public Library. More than 50 Infant 1 and 2 students wore red-and-white-striped hats. They were celebrating The Cat in the Hat's 50th birthday. Dr. Seuss's The Cat in the Hat picture book has been published for 50 years now. The famous feline danced with children racing around him. At the same time, pink, purple, and white confetti rained down. Ms. Barbara Nunez, the principal, read The Cat in the Hat to Infant 2 students. They sat on brightly-colored rugs around her. Two Infant 2 from Holy Family in Hopkins sat next to Ms. Barbara on a big red chair. Pink and purple umbrellas hung from the ceiling. The students giggled while Ms. Nunez made her voice change from deep to high for the many characters in the story. After reading the book, Ms. Nunez shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!" The students took off their hats and waved them excitedly. Which sentence should be included in the summary of the passage above?
The students giggled while Ms. Nunez made her voice change from deep to high...
Two lucky Infant 2 from Holy Family in Hopkins sat next to Ms. Nunez on a big red chair.
Ms. Barbara Nunez, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to Infant 2 students
After reading the book, Ms. Nunez shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!"
30s