Learning goal
I can produce a concise summary that covers the whole text.
Key words
summarymain ideasupporting detailconcisetheme
Summarising Across a Text
Summarise main ideas drawn from more than one paragraph and identify supporting details.
Try these first
- Sections: Write one main idea for each of three sections of a text.
- Combine: Combine those ideas into a 2–3 sentence summary.
- Remove detail: Identify one detail that is interesting but not essential to the summary.
Try it, then check your answer
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Set up private learning journeyIdentify one detail that is interesting but not essential to the summary.
Order the main developments in a non-fiction explanation.
Explain why your summary is shorter than the original but still accurate.
What a secure answer looks like
- 1. Three accurate section main ideas.
- 2. Concise accurate summary.
- 3. A genuinely non-essential detail.