Writing Clear Summaries Worksheet
📝 Worksheet hard ⏱️ 20 minutes 10 problems
Writing Clear Summaries Worksheet
Grade 3 English Language Arts LearnCrux.com
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. A summary should stay focused on the most __ information.
2. Which summary sentence is strongest?
3. Readers should leave out personal __ from a summary.
4. Match the summary rule to the example: "Use your own words"
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5. Match the summary rule to the example: "Keep only key details"
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6. Match the summary rule to the example: "Stay short and clear"
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7. Which sentence sounds like an opinion instead of a summary?
8. Why is a summary different from a retelling?
9. A strong summary should be written in complete __.
10. Why is it helpful to ask whether a fact supports the main idea before adding it to a summary?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. important
2. The article explains that turtles hatch on beaches and must reach the ocean to survive.
3. opinions
4. restating the idea without copying
5. include only facts that support the main idea
6. focus on the big points
7. I think the inventor was amazing.
8. A summary includes only the big ideas
9. sentences
10. It helps keep the summary focused