Summarizing and Paraphrasing

Restate ideas in your own words.

General curriculum — a grade-specific version for Grade 3 is in development.

Summarizing

Summarize a text concisely.

Paraphrasing

Paraphrase passages accurately.

Main idea in summaries

Build summaries around main ideas.

Including key details

Include key details in summaries.

Objective summaries

Write objective summaries.

Summarizing fiction

Summarize stories and novels.

Summarizing nonfiction

Summarize informational texts.

Avoiding plagiarism

Paraphrase to avoid plagiarism.

Summary strategies

Apply strategies to summarize.

Summarizing review

Apply summarizing skills in reading.