Summarizing Text Worksheets To Print:
The Three Expeditions of Captain Cook – See if you can sum up the great voyage.
Putting It On Film – Break the ideas down into smaller chunks that are digestible.
John James Audubon – A bit of a biography to work with or is it?
The Amazon River Dolphin – What are your big "takeaways" from this one?
The Green Anaconda – These guys always give me the creeps.
Clytie – Write the main idea of the story in your own words. Write three supporting ideas for the main idea.
She Was Grateful – We ask you to write a paragraph that uses text evidence to support your assertions.
Phaethon – The story of the son of Apollo the god of music among other things.
Social Insects – Now, on a separate sheet of paper, write a one paragraph summary of the passage.
Weasels – Underline one key point in each paragraph. On a separate sheet of paper, write a summary of the article.
The ATM: Then and Now – The first automatic teller machine (ATM) was installed in London in 1967 by Barclays Bank.
Little Known Dogs – Read each passage. Write a single sentence summary of each passage on the lines below.
The Evolution of Blood Banks – With the ability to keep blood from clotting, came the ability to perform indirect blood donations; transferring the blood from some kind of container into the human body.
Summarizing Big Cat Texts – How are the jaguar, leopard, and panther to be distinguished from one another?
The Aluminum Can – All about the Cola can.
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