Meaning what?
Summarizing steps
Clue less
Read like this
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What's the difference between "retelling" and "summarizing" a story?
A retelling is when you describe the story in complete detail from start to finish. A summary includes only the details that support the main idea.
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True or False: Summaries can be in any order
False...Summaries need to be told in the order in which the events happened.
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What are context clues in a text?
hints found within a sentence, paragraph, or passage that a reader can use to understand the meanings of new or unfamiliar words.
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Central idea is...
What is the topic + the point?
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What does it mean to "summarize" something?
to tell in a shorter version and your own words what a text is mostly about
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You must first...
Read the text!
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The words "first", "then", "next", and "finally" tell you.....
the order in which the story takes place (sequence)
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What is predicting?
To think about a text before you read it.
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What is a "main idea"?
what a text or paragraph is mostly about
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Something NOT to be included in a summary
What are Personal opinions?
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When an author writes "Most importantly" this tells you...
What is an important detail to the story?
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What are text features? Give an example.
Pictures, captions, titles, etc.
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Key details are....
What are relevant details that support the central idea?
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Things included in a summary
What are the central idea and relevant details?
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When an author writes "For example" this tells you...
What is an explanation of what a word or phrase means?
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Sequence is....
What is the order in which things or events happened?
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When you write a summary, it must be written in the correct sequence of events. What does sequence mean?
Sequence means the order in which an event takes place.
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True or False: Summaries retell a story
False. Summaries tell the main idea and relevant details of what the story is about.
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FREE 500 POINTS!!!
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What is an opinion?
Your ideas about a particular toipc, especially one where there are multiple viewpoints.