Vocabulary
Complete the sentence with your own ideas:
When trying to lose weight, you might want to restrict _______.
Possible answer:
When trying to lose weight, you might want to restrict the amount of junk food you consume.
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
Marcos was accused of being a vandal when he was caught _____ in school.
Possible answer:
drawing on desks
A summary should include your own opinions.
True or false?
False
The politician faced a lot of _______ because of his decisions.
a. critic
b. criticism
c. criticize
b. criticism (noun)
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
My uncle's cell phone was damaged when he accidentally ______.
Possible answer:
left it out in the rain
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
When captains pick teams, the kids who _______ are selected first.
Possible answer:
When captains pick teams, the kids who are good at running are selected first.
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
Janelle used her artistic talents when she _____.
Possible answer:
designed costumes for the school play
A summary should be ___ than the original text.
a. shorter
b. longer
a. shorter
_________ need a strong leader.
a. Communities
b. Community
a. Communities
Answer the question:
Why do we write summaries?
Possible answer:
Summaries help us understand what we're read and explain it in quick way.
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
In our community, everyone helps to _____.
Possible answer:
In our community, everyone helps to keep the streets free of trash.
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
Rumors of _____ made the abandoned house the target of a police investigation.
illegal activity
What are the parts of a summary?
1. Topic sentence (name of text, text type, author, main idea)
2. Key details
3. Concluding sentence that restates the author's main idea
I want to _______ my opinion.
a. express
b. expressing
c. expression
a. express
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
Students who have political interests might enjoy _____.
Possible answer:
school government
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
I like to express myself through _____.
Possible answer:
painting, singing, texts, poetry
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
The film critic tends to give poor reviews to ____.
Possible answer:
action movies
Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy.
The Summary of this passage is:
a. Ants carry many things
b. Ants are hard workers.
c. Some ants help take care of the queen.
b. Ants are hard workers.
There was a lot of _______ in the area. The police are looking for the people responsible.
a. vandals
b. vandalism
c. vandalize
b. vandalism
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 are the elephants.
b. It was really hot at the zoo.
c. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
c. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
While most graffiti defaces public property, some of it _______.
Possible answer:
is quite attractive.
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
Poetry can represent people's feelings of ____.
Possible answer:
love
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 has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
b. The pizza shop has the best pizza in town.
c. Jill will choose by flipping a coin.
a. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday.
They want to express themselves _____.
a. culture
b. cultures
c. cultural
d. culturally
d. culturally
Complete the sentence with your own idea:
If a new classmate ______, I interpret that to mean he or she might want to be friends.
Possible answer:
starts a conversation