Summarizing

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Summarizing

• Mrs. Reeves

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Summarizing

• What is summarizing?
• Summarizing involves retelling the main parts of
  a reading, movie or event in your own words.
• Summaries are shorter than the actual reading or
  event but includes all the main parts.

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• Tell me all the things you did over the weekend.
• See that is too long!!!
• Now try to retell only the main parts.
• Kinda hard right?

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Keep it short!

• To keep a summary short, think of it as a fill in
  the blank.
• Omri got an ____________ and a ________ for his
  birthday. When he put the Indian in the
  cupboard, it became _________. Omri had to help
  the Indian find a place to ________ and food to
  ________ and adjust to __________ in the modern
  world. Omri and the Indian had many great
  ______________ while trying to keep
  their________________.

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Lets Practice

• Now, lets take it a step further and try
  condensing the story down to about three
  sentences.
• Include only the important details!!!

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Assignment

• Now you have some practice of your own.
• Complete worksheet 3,4 on summarizing!