Summary or Opinion?
Written by Adi Ackerman, Head Teacher
"Summary or Opinion?" is written for 6th Grade (Ages 11-12), and it covers Common Core RL.6.2. If your student is a year younger but already steady on main idea and details, the page still works. You may just need to read the instructions out loud. And if they are older and summarizing never quite stuck, this is a short review rather than busywork.
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6th grade reading worksheet: mark 10 sentences about The Map in the Attic as summary or opinion, then write a summary. Answer key included. Part of our summarizing main idea and details collection. Aligned to Common Core standards.
How do I use this worksheet?
Model one Keep or Leave Out sentence aloud before students sort on their own. Have students count their words on Summarize a Story in 50 Words to keep summaries tight.
What students will practice
- Students will read The Map in the Attic, a story about cousins who dig up a tin box.
- Students will mark 10 sentences S for summary or O for opinion or minor detail.
- Students will write a short summary from the sentences they marked S.
Curriculum Links
Common Core State Standards
Reading: Literature · 6th Grade
Standard: Determine a theme or central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments.
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FAQ
How do I use this summarizing worksheet?
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Model one Keep or Leave Out sentence aloud before students sort on their own. Have students count their words on Summarize a Story in 50 Words to keep summaries tight.
What does this worksheet teach?
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Mark 10 sentences about The Map in the Attic as summary or opinion, then write a summary. A summary tells only the most important events, never opinions or small details. The directions on the page read: Read the story. Then mark the sentences on page 2. An answer key is included.
Can I use this summarizing worksheet for homeschool or classroom?
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Yes, both. We made it for 6th Grade main idea and details, and the page works the same whether it lands on a kitchen table or a center rotation. At home, most families go through it together and talk the answers out loud, and that talking is where most of the learning happens with summarizing. In class it runs well as independent work while you pull a small group. Print one copy or thirty, whichever the day needs.
What should a summary leave out?
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Opinions, feelings and small details. Summary or Opinion? marks lines like the attic smells like dust and old newspapers as minor details that do not belong.
What is the Somebody Wanted But So Then strategy?
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It is a five-part frame that names the main character, the goal, the problem, the solution and the ending. Summarize a Story in 50 Words uses it before students write their summary.
Do these sheets summarize nonfiction too?
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Yes. Write an Objective Summary turns an article about the history of the bicycle, from 1817 to the 1890s, into a summary of exactly 4 sentences.
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Worksheet Details
| Grade | 6th Grade |
| Subject | Reading |
| Topic | Main Idea and Details |
| Standard | RL.6.2 |
| Pages | 2 pages |
| Difficulty | Medium |
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