True or False: Knowing or including the central idea of the text in your summary can help you write a strong summary.

Summarize this paragraph: Sarah lost her backpack on the school playground, and she was worried because her homework and lunch were inside. Max, her friend, offered to help her search. They looked behind the slide and found her backpack.

What is an unimportant detail?

True or False: In order to write a strong summary, you should read the whole text first

True or False: Summaries should be a long retelling of the text, so that the reader gets every detail from the text.

When picking a good summary, always pick the longest summary. True or false?

What is a summary?

Why do we write summaries?

When reading a text, what is one strategy you can use to find the central idea OR important details?

What should we use to show or support the central idea of a text?

What kind of details should be included in a summary?

What is an important detail?

State a summary for this paragraph: In the attic, Alex and Grandma discovered an old key. Curious about where it might lead, they found a chest that the key unlocked. Inside the chest was an exciting treasure map.