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What does it mean to "summarize" something?
To tell, in your own words, what has happened in the story.
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How to summarize ?
1.read the text 2.Dont let big words scare you 3.ask "what is the text about"
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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 the story is mostly about.
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How would you summarize the story "Frozen"
When there kingdom becomes trapped in a endless winter, fearless Anna joins forces with Mountianeer Kristoff and his Reindeer to find Anna's Snow Queen sister, Elsa and break her icy spell.
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The first step is to...
read the text
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"Most importantly" tells you that...
The rest of the sentence contains 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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what is key points
arguments or information that is used to support the main idea
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How would you summarize the movie "Halloween Town".
After learning she is a witch, Marty helps save a town full of other supernatural creatures.
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The second step is...
you must re-read and take notes or underline the important parts.
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"For example" tells you that...
The author is about to give you an explanation of what a word or phrase means.
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What does it mean to make a connection?
To connect what you're reading to something in your life, the world, or another text.
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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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How would you summarize the movie, "How the Grinch stole Christmas" ?
The Grinch decides to ruin Christmas for the people in WhoVille with his dog Max. The Grinch sneaks into town to swipe everything holiday related from the Who's. However he meets a very sweet girl, Cindy Lou Who, who changes his heart.
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The final step is...
to summarize the text.
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What is a context clue?
context clues are hints that an author gives to help define a unusual word
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What is visualization?
To make a mental movie of what you're reading.
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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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How would you summarize the movie, " Hocus Pocus".
Teenager Max Explores a haunted house with his sister and their new friend, after telling a spooky story about the house that his new friend dismissing as supersticous, Max accidentally frees a cove of evil witches who used to live in the house. With the help of a magic cat, the kids must steal the witches' book of spells to stop them from being immortal.
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After you have written your summary, what should you make sure you have included?
The beginning/middle/end (sequence), the problem/solution, the name of the text and the main character(s) in it.
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Name a context clue that wasn't on this jeopardy game!
A definition, an example, a comma (,), a colon (:), or a synonym/antonym.
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What is an evaluation?
Making a judgement or informed opinion of a text you have read.
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