Summary and Development Skills Worksheet
📝 Worksheet medium ⏱️ 20 minutes 8 problems
Summary and Development Skills Worksheet
Grade 7 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 include only the most important __ and supporting points.
2. Which summary sentence is objective?
3. Match the response to the best description: broad subject only
Match with:
Answer:
4. When readers explain how details build meaning over time, they are analyzing __.
5. Why is retelling every event weaker than summarizing?
6. Which statement is most likely a topic rather than a central idea?
7. Good evidence for a theme or central idea should come from more than one part of the __.
8. Why can two texts on the same topic still have different central ideas?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. ideas
2. The article explains how wetlands reduce flooding and support wildlife habitat.
3. topic
4. development
5. A summary selects the most important parts so the reader can understand the text without extra minor details
6. Recycling
7. text
8. Authors may emphasize different evidence, purposes, or interpretations even when they write about the same subject