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- A tiger tells about her life.
- A group of tiger cubs go hunting.
- A mother tiger raises her tiger cubs.
- A narrator explains how tigers became endangered.
- She believes she is old enough to take care of herself.
- She wants to watch scary movies.
- Carla's mother leaves her alone all the time.
- Carla's babysitter is only three years older than Carla.
- After reading the book, Williams shouted, "Tip your hat to the Cat!"
- The students giggled while Williams made her voice change from deep to high...
- Two lucky second graders from PS 152 in Manhattan sat next to Williams on a big red chair.
- Serena Williams, the tennis champion, read The Cat in the Hat to second graders.
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- destroys our environment.
- makes people money.
- helps people stay healthy.
- makes finding clean water easier.
- distinguish
- objective summary
- write "I don't know" on my notes.
- keep reading, I want to finish first.
- go back and reread to find my answers.
- keep reading, maybe I will understand later.
- Seth noticed that one worker was filling in with concrete one of the holes that had been cut.
- Seth saw that some driveways were being ripped out while others were not being touched.
- Seth was happy to be watching workers from his window because he enjoyed watching destruction.
- Seth did not understand why only parts of the road were being destroyed, so he decided to just watch and enjoy.
- Travis wanted a pair of shoes from the mall so he got his friend Frederick to steal them.
- Frederick thought he could get away with stealing shoes from the mall and he did.
- Travis had no idea that Frederick planned to steal from the mall when they planned to buy shoes.
- Travis tried to talk his friend Frederick out of stealing shoes from the mall, but when he did it anyway he got caught.
- Worms and viruses are rather unpleasant terms that have entered the jargon of the computer industry to descry some of the ways that computer systems can be invaded.
- A worm can be defined as a program that transfers itself from computer to computer over a network and plants itself as a separate file on the target computer's disks.
- One worm was injected into an electronic mail network where it multiplied uncontrollably and clogged the memories of thousands of computers until they could no longer function.
- A virus is a set of illicit instructions that passes itself on to other programs or documents with which it comes on contact.
- It can change or delete files, display words or obscene messages, or produce bizarre screen effects.
- A virus can be dealt with using a vaccine, or antivirus, which is a computer program that stops the virus form spreading and often eradicates it.
- In its most vindictive form, a virus can slowly sabotage a computer system and remain undetected for months, contaminating data or wiping out an entire hard drive.
- Cornelia did not study for a test so she made a plan to hide out in the restroom during that class.
- Cornelia wanted to get out of a science test so she pulled the fire alarm. she got caught and ended up in ISSP.
- Cornelia hates tests so she decided to skip school instead of going to class on test days.
- Cornelia pulled the fire alarm so that Hannah could get out of taking a science test.
- The only needed to eat vegetation in order to survive.
- They were stronger than some of the other mammals.
- They were able to swim.
- The Permian Period didn't last for a long time.
- put that purpose into a question
- pause and reflect
- ask myself questions as I read
- visualize what I am reading
- The teachers at school are having a dinner to which you are invited. It will be at 7 P.M. on June 17 and will cost $7.50 a person.
- Students need to decide if they want to go to the Honors Dinner with their teachers and family at Newtown Elementary School.
- Newtown Elementary School is going to have an Honors Dinner. The teachers hold this dinner once a year for all of the honors students.
- The dinner costs $7.50 a person. You need to let the teachers know by June 5 how many people you are bringing to the dinner.
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Grade 7 Writing A Summary
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Summarizing is one of those skills that may seem very easy to a teacher but can be difficult for students who have not been properly taught how to summarize. For many years I did not even teach my seventh and eighth grade students how to summarize. I would just ask them to summarize texts and then get mad at them when they failed to produce quality summaries. I was wrong in doing this. Now I always teach my students how to write summaries.
Additionally, as per the Common Core State Standards, summaries should not contain opinions, background knowledge, or personal information; rather, a summary should be entirely text based. After years of learning to make connections between the text and themselves, students must be retrained to keep themselves out of their writing in regards to summaries. Teaching this skill surely warrants some of your class time.
Here are some resources that I used in my classroom to teach my students how to summarize. I hope that you find this page useful:

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115 comments, alphonsa anis.
Thanks it was extremely helpful.
Absolutely fabulous. I’m using them for two employees who are struggling to summarise information. Very, very helpful – thank you.
Hello, can these great worksheets be linked to Google Classroom? Also, how can I have my students access the online assessments? Thank you.
There is a Google Classroom button on the title slide of each online assignment. Press this button to assign it. Google Classroom integration is pretty thin right now, but I’m hoping that they open up their platform more sometime soon!
Thank you, Mr. Morton, for sharing your tips and worksheets for summary teaching and writing practices. Very useful!
Some great activities, really helpful. One thing I want to point out is that shinobi-no-mono is NOT Chinese – this is Japanese. And in the text the characters given are Japanese, NOT Chinese. This is quite a big oversight. As language teachers we need to be aware of different languages.
Thank you. I appreciate the insight.
I want summary and practice sheets for grade 6
Please send me an answer key for the summarizing test.
Acutually 忍の者 isnt chinese the word の is japanses, while in chinese and japanese they call ninja , 忍者. Other than that this is some really good stuff to study my summary from
great material. I´ve been looking for this type of easy to read/ understand material for a long time.
Would it be possible to have the solutions to the test?
Thanks in advance.
Diane Thomas
These are wonderful!Thank you so much!
Thanks a lot .
JANINE RAINES
DO YOU HAVE THE ANSWER KEY TO THE SUMMARIZING TEST?
Mrs. Robinson
Hello, I’m looking for the answer guide for the Summarizing test, please advise if it is available?
Loan Nguyen
Thanks for your sharing. Invaluable resources for teachers. It would be highly appreciated if you can send me the key for the summary test.
Is there an answer sheet for the summarizing test?
EXCELLENT worksheets!
Like many of the above comments, I was hoping that there was an answer key for the summarizing test.
I’m pleased that today is the day that I can finally say, “ Here you go .”
Thank you so much!!
Thank you very much. Bless you!
Thank you, Mr. Morton, for sharing these materials. Indeed this is of great help in my class.
The materials are awesome!! I’d like to separate them to two levels of my students. I’m teaching international students, the comparasion of the good and bad summary really works a lot. I really appriciate for your sharing. However, could you share the summarising answer keys as well? That would help me a lot. Thank you!
Would you consider making something for the 4th & 5th grade level? The examples were all very helpful, but many of my students read below grade level. Thank you again! Jill C.
Thanks from Toronto! Great help for ESL classes here.
Thanks so much from Istanbul! Kids loved it and saved me so much precious precious time
saida merad
Thank you for your valuable help!
Thank you for putting all the material together.
I couldn’t find the answers for the Summarizing Test. They will surely save me some time. Please send them to me, or let me know where I can find them. Thank you so much,
Did you get the answer sheet?
Thank you for all the great materials to use, they will prove to be a great resource!
I was wondering if you would mind pointing out the source from which you pulled the information about ninjas for your worksheet on them. I just wanted to make sure I had the right information because from the bit of research that I pulled up, I see that both in history (concept / existence) and etymology, ninjas are Japanese. The Japanese use kanji, which are essentially Chinese characters, and is only one of the three different “alphabet” sets they use for written communication. So words like “shinobi” and “shinobi no mono” are all Japanese in origin, but written using Chinese characters and not really associated with Chinese culture. This is especially true because “no mono” is a Japanese phrase. Please let me know if there is a source that does say otherwise, so that I can have all the information. Thank you again!
Hello. I pulled that content from a Wikipedia page a long time ago. I’m no expert on the subject. I was just writing a worksheet that I hope would interest students.
These worksheets are helpful but the commenter above is correct, none of these words are or have ever been Chinese. “Shinobi” was in Japanese poems in the 8th century, not Chinese. Shinobi was the Chinese reading of the characters, but it was always a Japanese word. It might be helpful to fix this worksheet to avoid presenting incorrect information to students.
What is the answer key for summary test please?
Thanks a million for this Mr. Morton. This lesson will help me and my students understand summarizing better. God bless your sir!
Thank you so much for helpful material
Brian Samson
What a phenomenal effort you’ve done in putting together all these. Appreciate your ideas. Fabulous!
How amazing to come across your Summarising resouces with explicit instructions. Your comments about teaching the students how to effectively summarise was the most important fact. This in turn forced me to reflect on my own teaching. Thank you for the step by step instructions, they were very valuable. Have you posted any other reading strategy hints?
Sure, I’ve posted them all around this site. Feel free to explore a bit.
What’s the reading level for summary worksheet 3?
Can I get answers for summarizing test about Gutenberg
It is an awesome sight.I got to now today from where the school gives us topics in worksheets.Very useful,but one problems that we don’t get the answers of the questions so that we can check and correct our answers
Mary Jane Dela Cerna
Good day Mr. Morton 😀 what is the answer keys for the summary test? I am not sure in my answer 😀
Wow, just wanted to thank you for your hard work and generosity to publish them for everybody. Thank you so much.
I was studying for an exam and couldn’t find enough information on summarizing. I was very excited when I found your site. It was very helpful.Thanks a million!
A terrific resource. Thank you so much for sharing. I came across your site as I was looking for help with teaching summarising – no need to look any further! Powerpoint and practice sheets, examples …. awesome.
Gracie Alexander
Is there an answer key for the Test?
Kristen Moore
What an incredible site! Thank you for sharing your resources and ideas. Especially the Summary power point. I’ve been struggling to get my students to differentiate between a summary and a list of details. This will help so much!
Amy Gartland
I just discovered this site today. I teach high school ELL and was looking for good nonfiction texts that were accessible for my students. I will definitely be looking around some more and plan on using material in my lessons this week!
This was VERY helpful. Even for a university student who needed a refresher!
An answer key for the Summary would be helpful if provided. And also a whole passage summary, not just the summary for each paragraph.
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Class 7 English Grammar Chapter 23 Summary Writing
Class 7 English Grammar Chapter 23 Summary Writing. Summary writing is the stage next to comprehension. A summary means the gist or substance of a given passage in as few words as possible. Usually a summary is one third of the given passage in length. It should be brief and should contain almost all the important points of the paragraph.
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How to Write a Summary
- Read the passage carefully several times to get its central idea.
- Frame a suitable short title that should express the subject of the passage.
- Underline the main points stated in it.
- Then prepare a brief outline of the passage.
- The outline must be in your own words.
- Avoid the use of words and phrases used in the given passage.
- Now write a summary in a connected style.
- One word substitution is the best tool in summarizing a passage.
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A great part of Arabia is a desert with nothing but sand and rock. The sand is so hot by day that one cannot walk over it bare footed. Here and there are found springs of water that comes from deep down under the ground. These springs are few and far between. But wherever there is such a spring, green grass has grown over the land around it. Also, fig and palm trees have grown to make the place cool and shady. Such a place is called an oasis. The people living in Arabia are called Arabs. They eat ripe sweet figs and dates that grow on palm trees. They have the finest horses in the world and they are very proud of them. Nay, an Arab loves his riding more than his family even.
Summary and Title
Arabia is a desert with sand too hot to walk over by day. At places are found oases with cool water, green grass and trees. The Arabs eat ripe fruits of these trees. They keep fine horses whom they love dearly and are also proud of them. Title : Arabia and the Arabs.

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Summary Writing Examples With Answers
The summary is a brief account of the chief points of a passage. There is a great difference between the summary and the precis or the substance. The precis is the central idea of a passage.
The difference between them is not only in degree but also in kind. There’s no hard and fast rule about the length of the summary, but so much can be half of the original passage.
In this post, we have added the top 10 Summary Writing Examples With Answers.
- First, read the passage thoroughly in order to grasp its meaning and get hold of its chief points.
- If one reading doesn’t enable you to understand its meaning, read it again.
- You needn’t mind if you come across unknown words. Try to assess their meaning from the context.

Summary Writing Examples With Answers #1
A long time ago, there lived a king in a faraway land. He was very weak and sick due to laziness. He consulted his doctor. The doctor was wiser than the king and knew that it was not medicine but healthy exercise that the king needed. The doctor, therefore, brought two heavy clubs of strange wood to the king and said that these clubs contained medicine to cure him. He asked the king to hold them by the handles and turn them until his hands were moist from the exercise.
Moisture, the doctor said, would make the medicine work. He obeys the doctor’s advice and can be seen in the open air at certain times every day, working manually with his magic clubs. His muscles grow stronger, his health improves, and he appreciates the wonderful medicine of his club and the knowledge of his physician.
Rough Draft:
(i) The king’s illness was the result of his idleness. (ii) He consulted his physician. (iii) The physician gave him two heavy clubs and told him to swing them till his body was sweating. (iv) The king followed the doctor’s advice and his health improved.
Summary : A king was suffering from weakness and illness due to his laziness. He consulted his doctor. The physician saw that the king needed healthy exercise, not medicine. He gave the king two heavy bundles of a strange wood and advised him to swing regularly in the open air until his body began to sweat. Raja followed the doctor’s advice. His health has improved. He appreciated the doctor’s treatment of his disease.
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 2
King Midas was fond of gold more than anything else in the world. He treasured his royal crown because it was made of that precious metal. If she loved anything good or half as good, it was a little girl who played around her father’s feet so happily. But the more Midas loved his daughter, the more he desired wealth.
He thought the foolish man that he was, the best thing he could possibly do for his beloved child was to bestow upon him the great pile of yellow shiny coins that had been collected since the creation of the world. So he gave all his thoughts and all his time to this one cause. If ever he looked for a moment at the golden clouds of sunset, he wished they were gold and that they could be safely squeezed into his strong box.
Chief Points:
(i) King Midas was very fond of gold. (ii) He loved gold for the sake of his daughter to whom he wanted to bequeath all the gold of the world. (iii) He even wished the gold-coloured clouds of sunset were real gold.
Summary: King Midas loved gold more than earthly things. The royal crown was precious to him because it was made of gold. But he loved his daughter dearly and would have paid for her in gold. He wanted to give her all the gold in the world. He even wished the golden clouds of the sunset to be true gold so that he could hold them and store them in an iron safe.
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 3
A man in the east gave up all worldly concerns and went to a wood, where he built a hut and lived in it. His only clothing was a piece of cloth that he wore around his waist. But as ill luck would have it, rats were plentiful in the wood; so he had to keep a cat. The cat requires milk; so he had to keep a cow. The cow required tending, so a cowboy was employed.
The boy required a house to live in. So a house was built for him. To look after the house a maid had to be engaged. To provide company for the maid a few more houses had to be made, and people were invited to live in them. In this manner, a little township sprang up in the lovely wood. (136 words)
Title – A forest turns into a town
A man gave up all worldly things and went to live in a block of lovely wood. Rats troubled him. So he kept a cat. To feed the cat he kept a cow. Then came one by one a cowboy, a maid, and her companions. They needed houses to live in. Thus the forest turned into a town. (58 words)
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Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 4
The noblest deeds that have been done on earth have not been done for gold. It was not for the sake of gold that Lord Jesus came down and died on the cross. The Spartans looked for no reward where they fought and died at Thermopylae . Socrates the wise asked for no pay from his countrymen but lived poor and barefooted all his days only caring to make them good and noble. And there are heroes even in our own days also who do noble deeds but not for gold.
Our discoverers did not go to make themselves rich when they sailed out one after another into the dreary frozen seas: nor did the ladies who went out to drudge in the hospital of the East make themselves poor that they might be rich in noble work. (136 words)
Title – Money should not be the goal of life
It is not for money that the noblest deeds have been done by great men. Jesus, Socrates, the Spartans, the explorers, and the nurses in hospitals served mankind purely for the sake of service. (34 words)
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 5
Nelson, as a child, was not of a strong body. Yet he gave proof of that resolute heart and nobleness of mind which during the whole of his glorious career so eminently distinguished him. One day he strayed from his grandmother’s house in the company of a cowboy. The dinner hour passed; he was absent and could not be found. The alarm of the family became very great, for they feared that he might have been carried off by the gipsies.
At length after a long search, he was discovered sitting composedly by the side of a brook which he could not get over. “I wonder, child,” said the old lady, when she saw him, “That hunger and fear did not drive you home”, Fear! grandmamma,” replied the future hero,” I never saw fear; what is it?” (137 words)
Title – Nelson the fearless boy
Nelson gave proof of his fearlessness even in his childhood. One day he strayed away from his grandmother’s house and did not return even at dinner time. At last, he was found sitting by a brook. To his grandmother’s wonder how even hunger and fear could not drive him home, he said he had never seen fear and did not know either what it was. (65 words)
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 6
From the moment we are born, we can not live alone; we stand in continual need of assistance from all around us, for body and soul and spirit; we need clothes that other men make; houses, which other men build, food, which other men produce; we have to get our livelihood by working for others, while others get their livelihood in return by working for us.
As children we need our parents to be our comforters, and to take care of others: we can not exist a day without our fellowmen; we require teachers to educate us: books and masters to teach our trade; and when we have learned it and settled ourselves in life, we require laws made by other men who died hundreds of years before we were born, to secure to us our rights and properties, to secure to our comforts in our station; and we need friends to comfort us in sorrow and to share our joy. (161 words)
Title – One can not live alone
We cannot live alone in this world. We need the help of a host of people-the farmers for food, the weaver for cloth, the mason for houses; for consolation in sorrow, teachers for education, lawyers for property, and above all, parents to bring up in our childhood. (47 words)
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Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 7
One night a holy man, Abu Ben Adhem by name, suddenly woke up from a deep dream of peace and saw in his moonlit room an angel writing something in a book of gold. He did not feel at all frightened. The peaceful face of the angel made Abu bold and he said to the angel, “What are you writing?” The angel looked up and replied in a kind and sweet tone, “I am taking down the names of those who love God.” “And is my name one among them?” Asked Abu. But the angel replied, ” No, it is not.” “I pray thee then,” said Abu, “To write me down as one who loves his fellowmen.”
The Angel wrote and vanished. The next night the angel came again with a great light which awaked Abu Ben Adhem: and he showed Abu the names of those who had been blessed by the love of God. And behold! the name of Abu was at-he top of the list. (166 words)
Title – To love men is the best way to love God
One night Abu Ben Adhem was sleeping in his room. An angel came there and wrote down the names of the lovers of God. But Abu’s name was not there. At Abu’s request, the angel wrote his name as a lover of man. The next night it was seen that Abu’s name headed the list of the lovers of God. (60 words)
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Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 8
We call anything beautiful that gives us pleasure, and that depends as much upon ourselves as upon what is outside us. Perhaps the majority of people find the sea beautiful when it is blue. If someone has lived in Italy as a child and has to live beside the grey northern seas when he is grown up, he will think that the grey seas are ugly: and that nothing can be so beautiful as the blue Mediterranean. But suppose a Scottsman who loves Scotland has to go and live in Italy. He might find the blue sea after a little while very uninteresting. Only when he went home and saw the grey sea again would he find the sea beautiful.
We are made in different ways, and grey may be just as beautiful as blue, just as the cry of a baby may be found sweeter in someone’s ears than the finest note of the finest singer that ever lived. Nothing is beautiful or ugly in itself, but thinking makes it so. (172 words)
Title – Test of Beauty
Nothing in this world is beautiful or ugly in itself. Things appear beautiful or ugly according to the idea of our beauty of ourselves. The same thing may appear different to people brought up in different environments. Generally, speaking the majority of people consider a thing beautiful that gives pleasure. But this depends on our outlook. (56 words)
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 9
Man first appeared on earth half a million years ago. Then he was little more than an animal. Even so, early man had certain advantages over animals. He had a large brain, he had an upright body with quick-moving hands. He invented a language to communicate with his fellow men.
This ability to speak was of supreme value because it allowed men to share ideas and plan together: speech enabled ideas to be passed on from generation to generation. These special advantages put men far ahead of all other living creatures. Since those far-off times, when he first made his appearance, man has achieved a great deal. (110 words)
Title – How Man Makes Himself
From his first animal-like existence man developed with the help of a big brain and quick-moving hands and the invention of language and speech. He achieved much by communicating with others and passing on knowledge to posterity. (37 words)
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 10
Charity is a universal duty, which it is in every man’s powers sometimes to practice, since every degree of assistance given to another on proper motives, is an act of charity; and there is scarcely any man in such a state of weakness that he may not on some occasion benefit his neighbour. He that can not relieve the poor may instruct the ignorant, and he that can not attend to the sick may reclaim the vicious.
He that can give little assistance himself may yet perform the duty of charity by inflaming the ardour of others and recommending the petitions which he can not grant, to those who have more power to bestow. The widow that shall give her mite to the treasury, and the poor man who shall bring to the thirsty a cup of cold water, shall not lose their reward. (143 words)
Title – Universal Aspect of Charity
Charity, being universal duty, must be practised by all and everyone can practice it easily according to his capacity. Apart from money, any help in words or actions like nursing, teaching, or reforming the vicious is charity. Failing to do anything personally may influence others even. (47 words)
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Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 11
Religion is based I think, primarily and mainly on fear. It is partly the terror of the unknown and the wish to feel that you have a kind of elder brother who will stand by in all your troubles and disputes. Fear is the basis of the whole thing-fear of the mysterious, fear of defeat, fear of death. Fear is the parent of cruelty and therefore, it is no wonder if cruelty and religion go hand in hand.
It is because fear is at the basis of those two things in this world that we can now be a little to understand things and master them with the help of Science, which has forced its ways step by step against the Christian religion: against the churches, and against the opposition of all the old precepts. Science can help us to get over this grave fear in which mankind has lived for so many generations. Science can teach us no longer to invent allies in the sky, but rather to look to our own efforts here below to make this world a fit place to live in. (186 words)
Title – Science Versus Religion
Fear of the unknown and the wish to get help from other sources in his distress led men to put faith in Religion. Science has made man independent of all this. With the help of Science man has gotten over the fears of unseen powers. As a result, Science is thus undermining the awe and fear of Christianity and the power of the churches. (64 words)
Summary Writing Examples With Answers # 12
Mankind in general is not sufficiently acquainted with the import of the word justice. It is commonly believed to consist only in the performance of those duties which the laws of society can oblige. This, I allow is sometimes the import of this word, and in this sense, justice is distinguished from equity. But there is justice still more extensive, and which can be shown to embrace all the virtues united. Justice may be defined as a virtue that urges us to give to every person what is his due.
In this extended sense of the word, it comprehends the practice of every virtue that reason prescribes or society should expect. Our duty to our maker, to each other, and to ourselves is fully answered if we give them what we owe them. Thus justice, properly speaking, is the only virtue, all the rest have their origin in it. (150 words)
Title – Meaning of Justice
Justice, as commonly understood, means performing the duties approved by society and in this sense, it differs from equity. But justice in the broadest sense implies the virtue of giving everyone one’s due. This includes one’s duty to God and to society as also all other virtues. (47 words)

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Lumos stepup - parcc online practice and assessments - 7th grade ela, common core state standard: ri.7.2, domain: reading: informational text, theme: key ideas and details, standard description: determine two or more central ideas in a text and analyze their development over the course of the text; provide an objective summary of the text., archimedes from stories of invention by edward e. hale archimedes was born in syracuse in the year 287 b. c. and was killed there in the year 212 b. c. he is said to have been a relation of hiero, king of syracuse; but he seems to have held no formal office known to the politicians. like many other such men, however, from his time down to ericsson, he came to the front when he was needed, and served syracuse better than her speech-makers. while he was yet a young man, he went to alexandria to study; and he was there the pupil of euclid, the same euclid whose geometry is the basis of all the geometry of to-day. while archimedes is distinctly called, on very high authority, "the first mathematician of antiquity," and while we have nine books which are attributed to him, we do not have--and this is a great misfortune--any ancient biography of him. he lived seventy-five years, for most of that time probably in syracuse itself; and it would be hard to say how much syracuse owed to his science. at the end of his life he saved syracuse from the romans for three years, during a siege in which, by his ingenuity, he kept back marcellus and his army. at the end of this siege he was killed by a roman soldier when the romans entered the city. the books of his which we have are on the "sphere and cylinder," "the measure of the circle," "conoids and spheroids," "on spirals," "equiponderants and centres of gravity," "the quadrature of the parabola," "on bodies floating in liquids," "the psammites," and "a collection of lemmas." the books which are lost are "on the crown of hiero;" "cochleon, or water-screw;" "helicon, or endless screw;" "trispaston, or combination of wheels and axles;" "machines employed at the siege of syracuse;" "burning mirror;" "machines moved by air andwater;" and "material sphere." which sentence best summarizes this passage.
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Archimedes wrote nine books about mathematics.
While we know much about archimedes study of mathematics, we know little about his life., archimedes greatest achievement was to protect syracuse from the romans., archimedes was a student of euclid..
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7th Grade Writing Worksheets
Hello and Welcome. Here you will find a 7th-grade writing worksheet pdf, plus writing prompt and journal page pdfs. Seventh grade…what a fun time full of changes, transition, and growth!

For many students, seventh grade is an incredibly significant transitional year. Your students are becoming teenagers for the first time and officially leaving childhood behind, and they’re also beginning to think very seriously about where they’ll go to high school, who they’ll be friends with, and what kind of students they will be.
To help support you in your efforts to provide your kids with the writing skills they need to thrive in jr high and beyond, we offer you the following free writing resources. Some of the resources are writing worksheets and others are printables. We also share a link to our favorite writing worksheets resource for seventh-graders.
If you need fun ways to support your kid’s writing skill development, you have come to the right place. We welcome you and hope you enjoy the resources on our blog.
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As seventh graders get ready to transition into their turbulent teenage years, it’s incredibly important for teachers to do everything they can to keep their students focused and grounded. Seventh grade is a very stressful year for many students—they may feel a newfound sense of maturity and pride, but they also will likely feel the burdens of new expectations and greater responsibilities.
One of the best ways to help your 7 th graders through this challenging transitional period is to show them how writing can serve as a safe outlet for all of their feelings and ideas.
When students journal, they have the freedom to fully explore their thoughts without interruptions or the fear of judgment from others. Best of all, they also frequently come to understand themselves, their actions, and their emotions even better when they can trace their journey back on the page.

32 More Writing Ideas for 7th Grade Students
Journaling encourages teens to slow down for a little bit and take some time to sort out the confusing emotions and thoughts inside their own heads. In this set of 7 th grade writing prompts, students will tackle tough questions like what they truly love about themselves and what they’ve learned over the years. They’ll also reflect on important topics like why they don’t always agree with their parents and the qualities that make someone a good teacher.
Use these journal prompts for 7 th graders to help your students better understand their thoughts, clarify their emotions, and articulate their opinions in a healthy, constructive way!
Grand Canyon Printable Worksheet for 7th Graders — One of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the Grand Canyon is nothing less than spectacular. Your student will take a virtual visit to the canyon to learn what formed it and its history. Brought to you by K12reader . com.
Let’s Write Creatively
Creative writing sounds inherently as though it should be easy—after all, the word “creative” expresses a sense of freedom and possibility that other, more restrictive forms of writing don’t have.
However, sometimes the lack of boundaries makes it even more difficult to begin writing. Kids are sometimes confused by assignments that don’t have many rules, and they may struggle to begin writing creatively.
The following five tips get the creativity flowing and encourage kids to think outside the page.
1. Promote New Experiences
Encourage kids to pursue other interests besides writing. While it might seem counter-intuitive that the first creative writing tip suggests doing anything but writing, alternative experiences actually promote greater creativity once students return to their desks. Kids who struggle with writing can find inspiration by enjoying their favorite activities and trying new things.
2. Don’t Worry About Perfection
Perfection is the greatest enemy of creative writers everywhere. When a person writes about things that matter deeply to him or her, it’s only natural to care about the quality of the finished product.
However, people shouldn’t worry about perfection during the early stages of writing.
Junior high students who worry too much about getting a sentence exactly right may become frustrated easily and associate the negativity they feel with writing as a whole. Instead, encourage your kids to write freely at first and to get as many ideas down as possible. They can go back later and correct mistakes during the editing process.
3. Write about What You Love
Though you might be tempted to give students a particular writing assignment, sometimes it’s best to sit back and let them write about whatever they love most.
Encourage your 7th graders to take a general topic and spin it in any direction that interests them. Most kids will have much more to say and will feel more comfortable writing when they are able to discuss familiar and enjoyable topics.
4. Focus on the Senses
Sensory writing is interesting writing—and focusing on the senses can also help students who are struggling to get started. Give your seventh grade writers a setting or situation and ask them to describe what a character experiences through the lens of the five senses. What does the view look like? What noises does the character hear—shouting or the rustling of leaves? Are there any smells in the air? Can the character taste anything—flavored lip balm or perhaps a delicious apple pie? What is the character touching?
5. Set Small Goals
Small, realistic goals for assignments also help kids who are struggling with creative writing. Encourage kids to write for 10 minutes daily or to compose one or two paragraphs. With an end goal in sight, even students who dislike writing will know what they can expect and will have an easier time completing the task. As students get more comfortable with writing, you can slowly increase the length of assignments—and watch as their creativity increases at the same time.
If you enjoyed these 7th Grade Writing Worksheet pdfs and resources, please share them on Facebook, Twitter, and/or Pinterest. I appreciate it!
Until next time, keep on practicing those writing skills with your seventh graders…
Sincerely, Journal Buddies Jill journalbuddies.com creator and curator

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How to Write a Summary | Guide & Examples
Published on November 23, 2020 by Shona McCombes . Revised on November 4, 2022.
Summarizing , or writing a summary, means giving a concise overview of a text’s main points in your own words. A summary is always much shorter than the original text.
There are five key steps that can help you to write a summary:
- Read the text
- Break it down into sections
- Identify the key points in each section
- Write the summary
- Check the summary against the article
Writing a summary does not involve critiquing or evaluating the source . You should simply provide an accurate account of the most important information and ideas (without copying any text from the original).
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When to write a summary, step 1: read the text, step 2: break the text down into sections, step 3: identify the key points in each section, step 4: write the summary, step 5: check the summary against the article, frequently asked questions about summarizing.
There are many situations in which you might have to summarize an article or other source:
- As a stand-alone assignment to show you’ve understood the material
- To keep notes that will help you remember what you’ve read
- To give an overview of other researchers’ work in a literature review
When you’re writing an academic text like an essay , research paper , or dissertation , you’ll integrate sources in a variety of ways. You might use a brief quote to support your point, or paraphrase a few sentences or paragraphs.
But it’s often appropriate to summarize a whole article or chapter if it is especially relevant to your own research, or to provide an overview of a source before you analyze or critique it.
In any case, the goal of summarizing is to give your reader a clear understanding of the original source. Follow the five steps outlined below to write a good summary.
You should read the article more than once to make sure you’ve thoroughly understood it. It’s often effective to read in three stages:
- Scan the article quickly to get a sense of its topic and overall shape.
- Read the article carefully, highlighting important points and taking notes as you read.
- Skim the article again to confirm you’ve understood the key points, and reread any particularly important or difficult passages.
There are some tricks you can use to identify the key points as you read:
- Start by reading the abstract . This already contains the author’s own summary of their work, and it tells you what to expect from the article.
- Pay attention to headings and subheadings . These should give you a good sense of what each part is about.
- Read the introduction and the conclusion together and compare them: What did the author set out to do, and what was the outcome?
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To make the text more manageable and understand its sub-points, break it down into smaller sections.
If the text is a scientific paper that follows a standard empirical structure, it is probably already organized into clearly marked sections, usually including an introduction , methods , results , and discussion .
Other types of articles may not be explicitly divided into sections. But most articles and essays will be structured around a series of sub-points or themes.
Now it’s time go through each section and pick out its most important points. What does your reader need to know to understand the overall argument or conclusion of the article?
Keep in mind that a summary does not involve paraphrasing every single paragraph of the article. Your goal is to extract the essential points, leaving out anything that can be considered background information or supplementary detail.
In a scientific article, there are some easy questions you can ask to identify the key points in each part.
If the article takes a different form, you might have to think more carefully about what points are most important for the reader to understand its argument.
In that case, pay particular attention to the thesis statement —the central claim that the author wants us to accept, which usually appears in the introduction—and the topic sentences that signal the main idea of each paragraph.
Now that you know the key points that the article aims to communicate, you need to put them in your own words.
To avoid plagiarism and show you’ve understood the article, it’s essential to properly paraphrase the author’s ideas. Do not copy and paste parts of the article, not even just a sentence or two.
The best way to do this is to put the article aside and write out your own understanding of the author’s key points.
Examples of article summaries
Let’s take a look at an example. Below, we summarize this article , which scientifically investigates the old saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.”
Davis et al. (2015) set out to empirically test the popular saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Apples are often used to represent a healthy lifestyle, and research has shown their nutritional properties could be beneficial for various aspects of health. The authors’ unique approach is to take the saying literally and ask: do people who eat apples use healthcare services less frequently? If there is indeed such a relationship, they suggest, promoting apple consumption could help reduce healthcare costs.
The study used publicly available cross-sectional data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Participants were categorized as either apple eaters or non-apple eaters based on their self-reported apple consumption in an average 24-hour period. They were also categorized as either avoiding or not avoiding the use of healthcare services in the past year. The data was statistically analyzed to test whether there was an association between apple consumption and several dependent variables: physician visits, hospital stays, use of mental health services, and use of prescription medication.
Although apple eaters were slightly more likely to have avoided physician visits, this relationship was not statistically significant after adjusting for various relevant factors. No association was found between apple consumption and hospital stays or mental health service use. However, apple eaters were found to be slightly more likely to have avoided using prescription medication. Based on these results, the authors conclude that an apple a day does not keep the doctor away, but it may keep the pharmacist away. They suggest that this finding could have implications for reducing healthcare costs, considering the high annual costs of prescription medication and the inexpensiveness of apples.
However, the authors also note several limitations of the study: most importantly, that apple eaters are likely to differ from non-apple eaters in ways that may have confounded the results (for example, apple eaters may be more likely to be health-conscious). To establish any causal relationship between apple consumption and avoidance of medication, they recommend experimental research.
An article summary like the above would be appropriate for a stand-alone summary assignment. However, you’ll often want to give an even more concise summary of an article.
For example, in a literature review or meta analysis you may want to briefly summarize this study as part of a wider discussion of various sources. In this case, we can boil our summary down even further to include only the most relevant information.
Using national survey data, Davis et al. (2015) tested the assertion that “an apple a day keeps the doctor away” and did not find statistically significant evidence to support this hypothesis. While people who consumed apples were slightly less likely to use prescription medications, the study was unable to demonstrate a causal relationship between these variables.
Citing the source you’re summarizing
When including a summary as part of a larger text, it’s essential to properly cite the source you’re summarizing. The exact format depends on your citation style , but it usually includes an in-text citation and a full reference at the end of your paper.
You can easily create your citations and references in APA or MLA using our free citation generators.
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Finally, read through the article once more to ensure that:
- You’ve accurately represented the author’s work
- You haven’t missed any essential information
- The phrasing is not too similar to any sentences in the original.
If you’re summarizing many articles as part of your own work, it may be a good idea to use a plagiarism checker to double-check that your text is completely original and properly cited. Just be sure to use one that’s safe and reliable.
A summary is a short overview of the main points of an article or other source, written entirely in your own words.
A summary is always much shorter than the original text. The length of a summary can range from just a few sentences to several paragraphs; it depends on the length of the article you’re summarizing, and on the purpose of the summary.
You might have to write a summary of a source:
- As a stand-alone assignment to prove you understand the material
- For your own use, to keep notes on your reading
- To provide an overview of other researchers’ work in a literature review
- In a paper , to summarize or introduce a relevant study
To avoid plagiarism when summarizing an article or other source, follow these two rules:
- Write the summary entirely in your own words by paraphrasing the author’s ideas.
- Cite the source with an in-text citation and a full reference so your reader can easily find the original text.
An abstract concisely explains all the key points of an academic text such as a thesis , dissertation or journal article. It should summarize the whole text, not just introduce it.
An abstract is a type of summary , but summaries are also written elsewhere in academic writing . For example, you might summarize a source in a paper , in a literature review , or as a standalone assignment.
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Summary writing is a really valuable skill, but it can be tricky to teach new students. If your pupils are young kids or ESL learners, they may not understand the purpose of summaries, or have some difficulty expressing themselves in a concise way. With a bit of time, patience, and repetition, you can guide your students through the summary process while providing support and encouragement along the way!
Going over the Basics

- Be encouraging throughout your lesson! Summarizing can be confusing and stressful to new students, and your support and knowledge will help put them at ease.
- It may help to use a projector, PowerPoint, or other visual aid while you’re explaining the basics of summarizing.

- For instance, if you’re teaching younger kids, consider using an excerpt from a children’s book. If you’re working with older kids, use an article, biography, or other passage that’s easy to understand.

- You can find useful templates online, like ReadWriteThink’s website.
Did you know? Many teachers use the GIST method when teaching summaries, which involves writing down the who, what, when, where, why, and how of the passage down on a separate worksheet. If you want to take baby steps into the summary process, encourage your students to first write a 20-word summary, or “gist,” after answering these basic questions.

- For instance, if you were to summarize the movie Titanic , you may say something like: “A wealthy woman and a poor man meet on an expensive cruise ship. As the ship sets sail, they both fall in love despite extra complications. Their journey ultimately ends in tragedy as the boat sinks in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean.”
- Remind your students that they’ve probably summarized a story before, like whenever they describe a movie or TV show to a friend.
Creating a Summary

- For instance, if you were reading a story like “Cinderella,” some main ideas could be how Cinderella’s stepsisters ruined her dress, or how the fairy godmother gives her a new dress to wear.
- If you’re working with older students and reading a book like “The Pearl,” you may want to focus on when Kino first finds the pearl, as well as when he tries to sell it.

- For example, in “Cinderella”, the fairy godmother giving Cinderella a dress and carriage would be more important info to include in a summary than the fact that Cinderella had a dog and cat.
- If you’re working with older students, you may work with a story like “The Great Gatsby.” In this case, a main idea would be the pursuit and failure to find happiness, as opposed to a statement on what Gatsby’s home looked like.

- If you’re summarizing an article or passage where someone is stating their opinion, use phrases like “according to” to keep your summary unbiased.
- If you’re summarizing a story like “Jack and the Beanstalk”, try writing a summary like this: “Jack uses his family’s money to buy a packet of magic beans. To prove to his annoyed mother that he didn’t waste their money, Jack plants the seeds and climbs the beanstalk that grows. At this point, he finds a giant’s kingdom and steals their golden egg, which provides lots of money for Jack’s family in the end.”

- If the original text says something like, “The girl ran through the woods to escape her attacker,” you can paraphrase it to “A wolf started chasing the girl, so she ran very fast to get away.”
- If an essay or article says something like, “The government will try to pass the new law next year,” you can paraphrase it to “According to members of the government, the traffic law will be passed relatively soon.”

- For instance, a concluding sentence for a summary of “Star Wars Episode 6” could be: “Luke, Leia, and Han reflect on the past before focusing on everything the future holds for them.”
Providing Extra Support and Encouragement

- Remind your students that you’re there to help if needed.
- For instance, if you and your students are reading “Romeo and Juliet”, you could mark down the “who” as Romeo and Juliet, the “what” as a tragic love story, the “where” as Verona, the “when” as Shakespearean era, the “why” as a family feud, and the “how” as a pair of tragic suicides.

- For example, in a summary of “Three Little Pigs,” you can write something like: “Three pigs have their lives frequently disrupted by a villainous wolf who destroys their home. They are finally safe when they seek shelter in a sturdy house that the wolf cannot blow away.”
- A summary of “The Outsider” might sound like this: “Several boys are involved in a gang conflict that threatens to tear apart their small community.”
Tip: If you’re students are having trouble writing short, concise summaries, encourage them to summarize a passage in 1-3 sentences. Once they get the hang of writing short summaries, encourage them to add a little more information. [15] X Trustworthy Source Reading Rockets Online resource supported by PBS providing research-based strategies for assisting children to become confident readers Go to source

- A verbal summary may sound like this: “Star Wars starts off in a galaxy far, far away, where a galactic war is currently going on. The heroes of the franchise, Luke and Leia, fight against their long-lost father, who’s the main enemy.”

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- It may help to create a lesson plan before you dive into teaching summary writing. [18] X Trustworthy Source Read Write Think Online collection of reading and writing resources for teachers and students. Go to source ⧼thumbs_response⧽ Helpful 1 Not Helpful 0
- Use a summary map if your students are visual learners. This may help them better understand the summarizing process. [19] X Trustworthy Source Reading Rockets Online resource supported by PBS providing research-based strategies for assisting children to become confident readers Go to source ⧼thumbs_response⧽ Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0
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- ↑ http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/lesson-plans/gist-summarizing-strategy-content-290.html?tab=4#tabs
- ↑ Tristen Bonacci. Licensed English Teacher. Expert Interview. 21 December 2021.
- ↑ https://www.readingrockets.org/strategies/summarizing
- ↑ https://busyteacher.org/6214-how-to-teach-summary-writing.html
- ↑ https://public.wsu.edu/~mejia/Summary.htm
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The Guide to 7th Grade: Reading and Writing
Seventh graders are able to focus more on growing the skills they began to develop in the 6th grade without the added stress to adjusting to the new middle school environment. By 7th grade, it is expected that students have acclimated to life as a middle school student and are therefore expected to work more independently and organize their time and schedules with less (but still some) guidance.
In general, in 7th grade, students build on the skills they learned in 6th grade by writing and reading more complex and longer texts and essays. This work will prepare them for 8th grade where they will cement and further their skills, ultimately setting them up for success in high school.
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7th Grade Reading
In 7th grade, students deepen their ability to analyze the texts they read and provide evidence from the text to do so. Specifically, 7th graders learn to examine texts more closely and use details from the text in order to develop ideas, analyze, and make inferences.
In addition, they analyze the relationships between elements within one text and across multiple texts while supporting this analysis by citing evidence from the text.
In order to build reading skills, your 7th grader:
- Analyzes texts using the text as evidence to support the analysis.
- Makes inferences about texts and uses evidence from the text to support the inferences.
- Understands the message or ideas in a text and uses evidence to support these claims.
- Understands, tracks the progress of, and summarizes the main idea of a text, using evidence from the text.
- Analyzes and explains the relationship between different elements such as character and setting.
- Analyzes the impact of specific language and word choice used in a text.
- Understands how the different structures used in a text, such as poetry or drama, affect the text.
- Compares and contrasts the different perspectives and points of views in a text.
- Determines the author’s point of view in a text using evidence from the text.
- Compares different versions such as a stage version, film, or audio version of a text, paying specific attention to the way in which elements such as lighting, scenery, or audio sounds affect the message of the text.
- Compares a historical account of an event, person, or place with a historical fiction text about the same period.
- Read a variety of texts, including stories, poetry, drama, non-fiction, or informative texts.
- Compares multiple texts written by different authors about the same topic and determines how their different perspectives are presented through their presentation of facts and the inferences they make.
7th Grade Writing
Similar to the work they do in reading, 7th graders deepen their writing skills by using analysis, paying close attention to detail and providing reasons, proofs, and examples for the ideas they express. 7th graders write a variety of genres, including informative pieces, opinion pieces, and narratives and they complete both short-term and long-term writing assignments.
There is also particular attention paid to research and teaching students to do their own independent research and research projects as described below, specifically through the use of digital resources.
In order to build writing skills, your 7th grader:
- Introductions
- Acknowledgements of opposing claims
- Logical and orderly presentations of reasons and evidence
- The use of appropriate transitions, words, and phrases to connect claims
- A concluding sentence or paragraph which supports the argument made
- A formal tone and style
- Use supporting claims and evidence that are based on credible texts and resources
- Include an introduction that has an explanation of what follows
- Develop topics through the use of facts, detailed quotations, and examples and subject specific terms and definitions
- Include transitions that connect concepts and paragraphs
- Include a conclusion that supports the presented idea(s)
- Maintain a formal “essay type” style
- Integrate other forms of media and formats, such as graphs, charts, headings, and audio or video when appropriate
- A narrator, characters, and a point of view
- Descriptive detail and sensory language to describe characters, settings, and experiences
- Dialogue details and descriptions of characters, setting, and experiences
- A clear structure with a logical order and flow, as shown through the use of transition words
- A conclusion that is connected to and builds on the narrative
- Plans, revises, and edits writing, specifically with guidance from teachers and peers, focusing specifically on trying new approaches and making sure the writing has a purpose and appeals to its audience
- Uses technology and the Internet to produce and publish writing
- Works with others and cites sources
- Works on multiple, short research projects that answer a specific question and cite multiple sources, while gathering additional questions for later research
- Uses both print and digital resources to conduct research, focusing on using appropriate search terms and reliable sources
- Uses quotes and a standard format for citation
- Uses research to analyze and make inferences
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