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Reading – Summarizing

Reading · Level 5 · CCSS: RI.5.2, RL.5.2 · Worksheet 2 of 5 · Practice Set 7

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Practice SetsSet 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5 Set 6 Set 7 Set 8 Set 9 Set 10

1 Read the Story

📖 Read this story carefully. You will write a summary of it!

The Robotics Competition

The robotics club at Jefferson Middle School had spent months building a robot for the regional competition. Their team leader, Sasha, was in charge of programming the robot to pick up small blocks and stack them.

During the final practice run the night before the competition, the robot's arm jammed and stopped working completely. Sasha felt her heart race as she realized there wasn't much time left to fix it. She and her teammates stayed late, carefully rewiring the arm and testing the code line by line.

By morning, the robot worked perfectly again. At the competition, their robot stacked the blocks faster than any other team, and Jefferson Middle School took first place in the regional finals.

2 Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then

🎯 Use the SWBST strategy to organize your summary.

Somebody → Wanted → But → So → Then

Part	Fill In
Somebody (Who?)
Wanted (What did they want?)
But (What was the problem?)
So (What did they do?)
Then (How did it end?)

3 Write a Summary

✍️ Now write your summary in 2–3 sentences. Include only the MOST important parts — leave out small details!

Tip: A good summary does NOT include: the exact wires that were replaced, what time they finished fixing it, or how many teams competed.

4 Summary vs. Detail

📋 Decide: does each statement belong in a summary, or is it just a detail?

Statement	Summary or Detail?
The robotics club built a robot for a competition.
The robot's arm jammed during final practice.
Sasha and her team rewired the arm and tested the code.
The robot worked perfectly by morning.
Their robot stacked blocks faster than any other team.
Jefferson Middle School won first place.

5 SBA Performance Task: Extended Response

This section is like a performance task on the state test. Read carefully, find evidence, and write a complete response.

Question: Write a summary of this passage that includes the main idea and the most important supporting details. Leave out minor details.

My claim or answer:

Evidence 1: (Quote or detail from the text)

Evidence 2: (Another quote or detail)

My explanation: (Connect the evidence to your claim in 2-3 sentences)

+ Bonus Reading Practice

Use this short practice to extend Set 7.

Topic words: farm, barn, goat, gate

1. Write one sentence using two of the words above.

2. What detail would you expect to find in a passage about this topic?

3. Write one inference a reader could make from a text about this topic.