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Summary Challenges

Predictable problems Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap

Predictable problems Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap Confused main ideas and details

Predictable problems Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap Confused main ideas and details No connection between main ideas

Predictable problems Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap Confused main ideas and details No connection between main ideas Details don’t fit with main ideas

Predictable problems Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap Confused main ideas and details No connection between main ideas Details don’t fit with main ideas Too many supporting details

Predictable problems Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap Confused main ideas and details No connection between main ideas Details don’t fit with main ideas Too many supporting details Author is absent from summary

Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap The octopus has a body unlike nay other animal The octopus’s body is amazing on the inside as well. The octopus’s body helps it defend itself from predators The octopus’s body helps it to be a skilled predator and hunter The octopus is intelligent The octopus, like people, has feelings, too

Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap The octopus has a body unlike nay other animal The octopus’s body is amazing on the inside as well. The octopus’s body helps it defend itself from predators The octopus’s body helps it to be a skilled predator and hunter The octopus is intelligent The octopus, like people, has feelings, too NOW WHAT?

Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap The octopus has a body unlike nay other animal The octopus’s body is amazing on the inside as well. The octopus’s body helps it defend itself from predators The octopus’s body helps it to be a skilled predator and hunter The octopus is intelligent The octopus, like people, has feelings, too Maybe: ask HOW DO THESE IDEAS FIT TOGETERH? ARE THERE MAIN IDEAS THAT ARE SIMILAR THAT I CAN GROUP TOGETHER?

Too many main ideas or main ideas overlap The octopus has a body unlike nay other animal The octopus’s body is amazing on the inside as well. The octopus’s body helps it defend itself from predators The octopus’s body helps it to be a skilled predator and hunter The octopus is intelligent The octopus, like people, has feelings, too Maybe: ask HOW DO THESE IDEAS FIT TOGETHER? ARE THERE MAIN IDEAS THAT ARE SIMILAR THAT I CAN GROUP TOGETHER? New main idea: The octopus has an amazing body, both inside and out, and the octopus is an intelligent creature with feelings like humans.

Confused main ideas and details Re read what you have written and determine, Does this fit with, or support, one of the other ideas I’ve found while reading? If so, it is more than likely a detail than a main idea.

Author is absent from summary Referencing the author is important in informational writing.