Which of the following is not included in the "5 W's" of a summarization? a. Who b. What c. Why or how d. Whatever

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1 When you are asked to summarize, you should: a. include specific details b. include only the basic facts. c. list the sequence d. write the paragraph over again. Which of the following is not included in the "5 W's" of a summarization? a. Who b. What c. Why or how d. Whatever

2 * Columbus believed that he could find a water route to China. * Columbus wanted to find a better route to China because Marco Polo had described the riches that were in China. * Marco Polo wrote about the golden cities in China. Choose the best summary for the sentences above. A. Columbus wanted to find a water route to China in order to reach the golden cities that Marco Polo had written about. B. Columbus wanted to find the golden cities that Marco Polo had written about. C. Marco Polo wrote about China which made Columbus want to find it. D. Columbus was a navigator. * In the morning of October 12, 1492, a sailor on the Pinta spotted land. * As the daylight appeared, Columbus saw an island that was "so green that it is a pleasure to gaze upon". * Columbus and his men landed on an island in the Bahamas. Choose the best summary for the sentences above. A. On October 12, 1492, the sailors landed in the Bahamas. B. Columbus landed in the Bahamas. C. On October 12, 1492, Columbus landed on the island in the Bahamas that a sailor on the Nina had spotted earlier that morning. D. Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas and said it was "so green that it is a pleasure to gaze upon."

3 * Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand were pleased with the discoveries of Columbus. * They especially liked the parrots and the Indian captives that Columbus brought to them. * Columbus was given the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea." Choose the best summary for the sentences above. A. The Queen and King were so pleased with Columbus' discoveries that they gave him the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea." B. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella liked the parrots that Columbus brought so they gave him a title. C. Columbus was given the title "Admiral of the Ocean Sea." D. The Queen and King liked the gifts that Columbus brought. In the 1500s, a Spanish explorer by the name of Balboa came to the Americas to seek his fortune and glory. He set out to find a region described by the Indians as "flowing with gold." They also told him about another sea that he wanted to find. He pushed through a rainforest and four days later found the "South Sea." He claimed it for Spain. Choose the best summary. A. In the 1500s, the Spanish explorer Balboa came to the Americas to seek fortunes, and found the "South Sea" for Spain. B. Balboa was the explorer from Spain that found the South Sea when searching for fortune and glory in the Rainforest of the Americas. C. Balboa was an explorer. D. The Spanish explorer, Balboa, claimed the South Sea for Spain.

4 Which of the following sentences include the information necessary to be a summary sentence without giving unnecessary details? A. In 1488 a Portuguese sea captain named Bartolomeu Dias sailed on his ship to the southern tip of Africa and later named it the Cape of Good Hope because the king was so overjoyed at the discovery that Dias had made. B. Prince Henry, "the Navigator", started a school for map makers. C. In 1271, Marco Polo began a journey to China which inspired him to write a book that included interesting facts about the Chinese. D. Vasco Da Gamma sailed along the coast of Africa. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false? A. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. B. The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about. C. The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage. D. The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage.

5 Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true? A. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage. B. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. C. The Summary is specific, detailed information contained in the passage. D. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage. When some people think about Texas, they think of cowboys on the open range-herding cattle up a dusty trail. However, Texas has much more than open prairie with large herds of cows. There are the mountains of West Texas, the piney hills of east Texas, and the emerald waters off the coast of Padre Island. Texas also has large coastal harbors with numerous sailboats, powerboats, inland lakes, rivers, swamps of southeast Texas with alligators and other exotic wildlife. A. There are a lot of cows in Texas. B. There are many different, varied parts of Texas. C. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States. D. There are alligators in the swampland of southeast Texas.

6 Tomorrow is Jill's birthday. She is excited because she gets to pick where she will eat dinner. Will it be Mexican food at the Big Enchilada House? Or will it be fried chicken at the Chicken Shack, or a big cheeseburger at Al's Hamburger Palace. She just couldn't decide. Then there was always the Pizza Shop with that great pepperoni pizza. How would she ever decide? Maybe she would just flip a coin. A. Jill has many restaurants to choose from for her birthday. B. Jill loves Mexican food. C. The Pizza Shop has the best pizza in town. D. Jill will choose a place by flipping a coin. It started when they got to the bears. Peter felt tired and his stomach hurt. He dragged himself over to see the elephants, which were eating from a stack of hay. Normally, the elephants were his favorite. Without much interest, Peter followed his classmates to the camels, which were busy swatting flies with their tails. Peter knew he should be having fun at the zoo, but he just felt terrible and all he wanted to do was lie down and rest. Even the lions and tigers did not interest him now. Summarize this passage: A. Peter's favorite animals were the elephants. B. The camels were swatting flies with their tails. C. It was really hot at the zoo. D. Peter didn't enjoy the zoo because he felt really bad.

7 For the walls, Jenny thought she would use a bright yellow paint. She would pick a border that had mostly bright red and green colors, and maybe a little bit of blue. She already had found some curtains that were sky blue with streaks of red, blue and yellow that she thought would go great with the walls. And finally, she had picked a carpet that was mostly blue with specks of red and yellow. Jenny couldn't wait till she was done decorating her room. It was really going to look awesome. A. Jenny likes bright colors. B. Jenny was going to paint her room. C. Jenny was picking out colors and materials to decorate her room. D. Yellow is a good color to paint your walls. Right now Jason was playing right field. He really wanted to play third base. Earlier this year, coach had put him in left field and second base in a game, but never at third base. Once in practice, coach let him play third base, but he kept missing ground balls. When he did stop one, he made a bad throw to first base. Maybe if he kept practicing, Jason would be good enough to play third base. That was his dream. A. Jason really wanted to play third base. B. Jason was the best player on his team. C. Jason had trouble catching ground balls. D. Jason was too lazy to practice.

8 San Francisco is located on the coast of California in an area often called the Bay Area. The weather is generally very mild, seldom getting really cold or really hot. Its mild climate is one reason many people live there. It seldom snows in San Francisco and generally does not get below freezing during the winter. Even in the middle of summer, temperatures may be in the mid 80s with a cool breeze from the bay keeping the weather very comfortable. A. San Francisco has many neat things to do. B. It seldom snows in California. C. Many people choose to live in California. D. The weather in San Francisco is generally very mild. Julie watched the ants as they carried small crumbs down the trail to the anthill. She thinks ants are very hard working and industrious little creatures. They always seemed busy, and you never saw an ant just laying around doing nothing. They were carrying food, building tunnels, or defending the anthill. One thing you could say about ants is that they sure aren't lazy. A. Ants carry many things. B. Some ants may bite you. C. Ants are hard workers. D. Some ants help take care of the queen.

9 The first book Chris read in fifth grade was about a lost kitten. Then he read a book about a family of bears, and then he read about a wild kangaroo in Australia. It seems every book Chris reads is about animals. Last week he found a good book about snakes and reptiles, and another book about elephants. Today Chris went to the library, and he checked out a book about dolphins, whales and other animals that live in the sea. A. Chris likes kangaroos. B. Chris is in the fifth grade. C. Chris reads a lot of books about animals. D. Dolphins and whales live in the sea. When you are asked to summarize, you should: A. Include the important facts and the details of the passage. B. Include on the important facts. C. Only include the details of the passage. D. Rewrite the passage word for word.

10 Which of the following is not included in the "5 W's" of a summarization? A. Who B. When C. Why or how D. With * In 1609, Captain John Smith took charge of the Jamestown colony. * Smith traded with the Indians for food in order to save the starving colonists. * In 1609, Smith suffered an injury and returned to England. Choose the best summary for the sentences above. A. John Smith was a leader in the Jamestown colony in the 1600s. B. John Smith, leader of the Jamestown colony, traded with the Indians so that the colonists would not starve, until he returned to England. C. Smith, the leader of a colony, helped the colonists not to starve. D. John Smith was a leader.

11 * There was a starving time in Jamestown. * Desperate colonists of Jamestown ate cats, dogs, and mice to survive. * By 1610, all but about 60 of the original 500 colonists were alive. Choose the best summary for the sentences above. A. Between , all but 60 of 500 the Jamestown colonists survived by eating only small animals. B. Sixty of the original 500 colonists lived through the starving time of C. Many colonists died during the starving time. D. In the 1600's there was a starving time and only 60 colonists survived. * In 1620, a small group of Pilgrims set out from Plymouth, England. * In Plymouth, they stopped for supplies and other colonists. * They wanted to start a new life in Virginia, where they were free to worship in their own way. Choose the best summary for the sentences above. A. In 1620, the Pilgrims left Plymouth to start a new life in Virginia. B. In 1620, the Pilgrims got supplies and left from Plymouth to start a new life in Virginia because they wanted religious freedom. C. The supplies in Plymouth allowed the colonists to worship freely in Virginia. D. The Pilgrims landed in Virginia in 1620.

12 When Anne Hutchinson came to America from England, she settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. She began preaching different beliefs than the Puritans that lived there in Massachusetts Bay. Many people joined her in her meetings. However, In 1637, Ann Hutchinson and her followers were forced, by the Puritans, to move out of the colony. Use the paragraph above and choose the best summary. A. Ann Hutchinson came to the Puritan colony at Massachusetts Bay in the 1600s, but was forced to leave because of her religious differences. B. Ann Hutchison began preaching different beliefs than the Puritans that lived there in Massachusetts Bay. C. John Smith came to the Massachusetts Bay colony in D. Ann Hutchison came to the Puritan colony at Massachusetts Bay, but was forced to leave because of her religious differences. Which of the following sentences include the information necessary to be a summary sentence without giving unnecessary details? A. In 1675, Chief Metacomet declared war. B. The settlers burned a Pequot village which caused the death of many Indians. C. In 1637 the Pequot Indians tried to resist the farmers in Connecticut because they were taking over the land. D. They attacked villages.

13 Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is false? A. The Summary is usually found in more than just one sentence of the passage. B. The Summary is one isolated thought in a passage. C. The Summary is what all or most of the sentences or paragraphs are about. D. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. Which of the following statements about SUMMARIZING is true? A. The Summary is a thought that is true but is not in the passage. B. The Summary is specific, detailed informed contained in the passage. C. The Summary is what the passage is mostly about. D. The Summary is always found in the first sentence of the passage.

14 There are five teams of students in the fifth grade. The blue team has math first period, and the red team has science. The yellow team gets to go outside early in the morning, while the green team goes to music. Only students on the orange team get to play games first period. Each student wears a nametag with his or her color, so that the teachers and students all know where a student should be. A. Students are organized by teams with color names. B. The blue team has math first. C. Students wear nametags. D. The yellow team has the best schedule. The Elk River flows from the far northern part of the state all the way to the southern tip. All kinds of animals rely on it for drinking water, people eat the fish they catch in it, and farmers in the state depend on it for irrigating their crops. Since there is very little rain in this state, the Elk River gives animals and humans the water they need to stay alive. Even though the river is not nearly the biggest in the nation, it is very important to the people and animals that live near it. A. The Elk River is a small river. B. The Elk River starts in the northern part of the state. C. The Elk River is very important to people and animals. D. People catch fish in the Elk River.

15 As soon as she arrived at grandmother's house, Jessica ran into her bedroom to look at the blue quilt. It covered her grandmother's bed and was Jessica's favorite. It had patches of dark blue, medium blue, and light blue, with pictures of birds and flowers on every other patch. Jessica liked to take naps with the quilt wrapped around her. She loved the way it felt so soft and warm against her skin. Whenever she was visiting grandma, just looking at the quilt made Jessica happy. A. Jessica's grandmother has a pretty blue quilt. B. Jessica loved her grandmother's quilt. C. Jessica took naps at her grandmother's house. D. The quilt was warm. Books lay in the middle of his floor. Several broken toys were shoved halfway under the bed, and dirty clothes were everywhere. Frank's parents kept telling him to clean his room, but it never seemed to get clean. In fact, if Frank did manage to clean part of it, the rest of the room just got messier. In one corner of the room was an old peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and an open bag of potato chips was thrown on the dresser. A. Frank's room was a mess. B. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich was in one corner of the room. C. Frank liked potato chips. D. Frank got in big trouble because his room was not clean.

16 Math didn't make much sense to Cathy. She always got area and perimeter mixed up and she had no idea what a right angle was. Last quarter she failed math, and this quarter wasn't any better. As long as she could remember, math had been hard for Cathy. She did fine in reading and science, but not math. Now she was working on her math homework, but she didn't know how to do most of it. Who invented math, anyway! A. Who invented math? B. Cathy did well in reading and science. C. Cathy always got area and perimeter mixed up. D. Cathy was not very good at math. Jose carefully poured out the bag of marbles on his bed. He picked his ten favorite marbles and carefully set them to the side. Then he got out a small bag from his top drawer, and put the ten marbles inside. Just to make sure he wouldn't forget them, he placed the bag of marbles in his backpack. Jose loved show and tell, and he was excited that he would get to show his class some of his favorite marbles. A. Jose had lots of marbles. B. Jose was getting his favorite marbles ready to take to school for show and tell. C. Jose would rather play marbles than play baseball. D. Jose placed the bag of marbles in his backpack.

17 "Are you already done, son?" his father asked. "It seems like you just got in the water." Jacob was finished with his bath in less than two minutes. He got his body and hair wet, rubbed some grape flavored shampoo on his hair, washed his body with soap, and quickly rinsed it off. He liked to take fast baths so he would have more time to play. In fact, Jacob never took a long bath. To him, the faster the bath, the better. A. Jacob is very clean. B. Jacob uses grape flavored shampoo. C. Jacob likes to take fast baths. D. Jacob never took showers. Lisa knew all of the seven dwarfs except one. She remembered Grumpy, Sleepy and Bashful. And of course she couldn't forget Doc and Dopey. Dopey was her favorite. But there was one she just could not remember. Let's see. There's also Sneezy, and that's six. But she could not remember that last one. What was his name? A. Dopey was Lisa's favorite dwarf. B. Lisa could not remember the name of one of the dwarfs. C. There were seven dwarfs in all. D. Lisa had a good memory.

Class Expectations. Be Respectful 1. Follow teacher directions. 2. Listen and learn from others. 3. Use appropriate language. Be Responsible.

Class Expectations. Be Respectful 1. Follow teacher directions. 2. Listen and learn from others. 3. Use appropriate language. Be Responsible. Class Expectations E.Q: How could individual growth contribute to development of the northern and middle colonies in the New World? E.U: Nations and individuals motivated by power, wealth, and adventure