Lesson 2 Paper
Lesson 2 Paper
Lesson 2
Summarizing
Informational Texts
Identifying the main idea and key details in a text will
Learning Target help you summarize it. Summarizing a text helps you
better understand it.
Read When you tell your friends about a soccer game, you don’t want to bore them
with every detail. Instead, you tell only the most important events, leaving out the
parts that aren’t necessary for understanding what happened.
Similarly, when you summarize a text, you should use your own words to tell a short
but complete version of that text. Include only the main idea (the big idea) and the
key details that say more about the main idea.
Read the passage below. Identify what the passage is about.
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Theme: Cultural Mosaic Lesson 2
Think Consider what you’ve learned so far about summarizing a text. In the
main idea organizer below, add two key details from the passage “Let’s Play
Futebol!” Then use the organizer to complete the summary of the passage.
Main Idea
Soccer is the most popular sport in Brazil.
Talk Share your main idea organizer and summary with a partner.
• What relationships do you see between your organizers and
summaries?
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• Do your second and third key details develop the main idea?
How do you know?
• Could any key details in the organizer be stated differently?
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Academic Talk
Use these words and phrases to talk about the text.
• main idea • key detail • summarize
A Portrait of
Frida Kahlo by Gene Erskine
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Summarizing Informational Texts Lesson 2
Main Idea
Frida Kahlo, a famous Mexican Artis, is best known for her self-portraits.
Talk
2 Share your organizers. Do you agree about the main idea of the passage?
What about the key details? Make any changes to your organizers that
will help you write an accurate and complete summary.
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Guided Practice
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Summarizing Informational Texts Lesson 2
Think Use what you learned from reading the biography to respond to the
following questions.
Talk
4 What is the main idea of the passage? What key details develop that
main idea? Use the organizer on page 31 to gather your information.
Write
HINT Make sure
5 Short Response Summarize the passage. Include key details from your you have figured out
organizer in your summary. Use the space provided on page 31 to write the main idea of the
your answer. whole passage.
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Modeled and Guided Instruction
A Portrait of
3
Frida Kahlo
Short Response Summarize what you learned about Frida Kahlo
HINT Link key
details to the main
idea by using phrases
such as “for example”
and “for instance.”
and her art. Include key details from the text in your summary.
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