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Year 5 Summarising Across a Text practice
English · ages 9–10 · Reading comprehension
Learning goal: I can produce a concise summary that covers the whole text.
- 1Sections
Write one main idea for each of three sections of a text.
- 2Combine
Combine those ideas into a 2–3 sentence summary.
- 3Remove detail
Identify one detail that is interesting but not essential to the summary.
- 4Theme
State the overall topic or theme in one phrase.
- 5Sequence
Order the main developments in a non-fiction explanation.
- 6Check
Explain why your summary is shorter than the original but still accurate.
Parent or teacher notes
- Ask the learner to show working or quote evidence only where the task requires it.
- Use the answer guide to identify the exact misconception rather than asking for unnecessary extra writing.
- For extended English tasks, quality and accuracy matter more than length.
Answer and assessment guidance
- 1. Three accurate section main ideas.
- 2. Concise accurate summary.
- 3. A genuinely non-essential detail.
- 4. Accurate central topic/theme.
- 5. Correct order.
- 6. It keeps key ideas and removes minor detail/repetition.