Summarize

Summarize what you hear, see, and read to share the information with others. If you see a great ball game, you may want to tell your friends about it. But they don’t need to hear every detail. So you tell only the most important things, or summarize.

Work with a partner. Plan your own summary of the interview with a musher on page 421. Brainstorm a few important facts in an Idea Web.

Idea Web

Now use the facts to write a summary with your partner. Share your summary with the class.

Use Nouns in the Subject and Predicate

Use complete sentences when you summarize. A complete sentence has a subject and a predicate. Many English sentences follow this pattern: subject → verb → object.