Write a summary of the Article. A summary tells what the main idea of a story is.

What kind of information belongs in a summary of a story?several direct quotes from the storya long analysis of the story’s meaningonly a statement of the story’s themethe most important events and details

Write a summary of today's Article. As you write your summary, complete the following steps:STEP 1: Read the Article in order to understand the text.STEP 2a: Identify the topic sentence for each paragraph.STEP 2b: Take out any details that are not needed.STEP 2c: Combine the information—in your own words—into a single paragraph.STEP 3: Rethink your summary and the Article.STEP 4: Check your summary. Then double-check it.

. The topic or key idea that holds a story together is called the _____.main ideapurposethemesymbol

Think of a headline/title for a news article and write a short news story based on the chosen headline.

Assessment: Summarize the article in 8-10 sentences. Use the central idea and main ideas you identified earlier in the lesson as the basis of your summary.