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Summarizing
All the Things
Fiction/NonFiction
Mystery category
CER
100

What does it mean to "summarize" something?

To tell, in your own words, what has happened in the story.

100

Who is the best singer who ever lived?

Elvis Presley

100
What is a fictional story?

Something that is made up or false. 

100

What is a possible claim? 

Where does the story take place?

My story takes place in....

100

What does the C stand for in CER?

Claim

200
What is a "main idea"?
What the story is mostly about.
200

What are the 5 W's to remember when summarizing?

Who--What--Where--When--Why

200

What is nonfiction?

A piece of text that is true or factual.

200

Why is evidence important in CER?

It supports or backs up your claim.

200

What does the E stand for in CER?

Evidence.

300
What is meant by "important details"?
Important details support the main idea of the story.
300

True or False? A central idea must be a complete sentence. 

True!

300

True or False? A summary is written in your own words.

True

300

Where does reasoning come from?

Your head!

300

What does the R stand for in CER?

Reasoning

400
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.
400

True or False? A summary includes every event that happens in a story.

False!

400

True or False. A central idea can be written for fiction and nonfiction texts. 

True!

400

If you copy something from a text, it must have......

Quotation marks

According to the text

400

What is evidence?

Proof or support.

500
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.
500

True or False? A topic is always a complete sentence. 

False!

500

Is a biography fiction or nonfiction?

Nonfiction

500

What is a context clue?

A word or words that help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word. 

500

Where does evidence come from?

The text