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What does it mean to "summarize" something?
To tell, in your own words, what happened in a story.
What is Theme?
The lesson or moral of a story?
What is the "who" in a summary?
A noun (person, place, or thing) that is the topic of the text.
The main idea of a story tells us ________________.
What the story is mainly about.
What is predicting?
To think about the text before you read it.
What is a "main idea"?
What the story is mostly about.
What is the difference between theme and main idea?
Theme is the moral or lesson of the story. Main Idea is what the story is about.
What does the "what" mean in the summary?
Tells or explains about the who of the text.
True or False?
When you are summarizing a story, you are to tell what the main idea is.
True
Pictures, captions, glossary, etc...
Details that support the main idea of the story.
What is the theme from The Three Little Pigs?
Taking your time to do something right pays off.
What is the "where" and "when" in a summary?
The setting, or location and time.
True or False?
The main idea is ALWAYS the first sentence in a paragraph.
False
What does it mean to make a connection?
To connect what you're reading to something in your life, the world, or another text.
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.
What is the theme of the Tortoise and the Hare?
Slow and steady wins the race.
What is the "why" in a summary?
The author's purpose, or PIE'ED.
A test-taker can remember the main idea of a story by _________________.
remembering details that make the story interesting.
What is visualization?
To make a mental movie of what you're reading.
What's the difference between "retelling" and "summarizing" a story?
A "retelling" is when you describe a story in complete detail from start to finish. A "summary" when you describe a story only using the main idea and supporting details.
There was an old owl that lived in an oak. Every day he saw incidents happening around him. Yesterday he saw a boy helping an old man to carry a heavy basket. Today he saw a girl shouting at her mother. The more he saw the less he spoke.
As he spoke less, he heard more. He heard people talking and telling stories. He heard a woman saying that an elephant jumped over a fence. He also heard a man saying that he had never made a mistake.
The old owl had seen and heard about what happened to people. Some became better and some became worse. But the old owl had become wiser each and every day.
What is the theme from this story?
You should be observant, talk less but listen more. This will make you a wise person.
What is the "how" in a summary?
The structural organization.
I can't wait until this weekend! We’re going to my grandparents’ house and my entire family will be there. I will spend most of my time playing games with my cousins. We always have such a good time together! The day goes by so fast, and by the end, we are all exhausted... but we still don’t want to leave! The main idea of this passage is ______.
The writer enjoys spending time with his family.
What is synthesizing?
Make new meaning as you read.