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1.) The 2014 FIFA World Cup will be held in Brazil. It will be the 20th year of the World Cup. Brazil was chosen in October of 2007 to host the competition. Earlier in the year, South America had been chosen as the continent for the contest. Brazil was the only country to put in a bid. This is the second time Brazil will host the World Cup. The country hosted it in 1950. It is the first World Cup to be held in South America since 1978. Argentina hosted then. No other South American country has hosted the World Cup more than once.

Which of the following best summarizes the passage above?

|[pic|In October 2007, Brazil was chosen to host the 20th World Cup. Brazil has already hosted the World Cup before. 1978 was the last time a South American |

|]A. |country hosted the World Cup. |

|[pic|The 2014 World Cup will be held in Brazil. It is the second time Brazil has been chosen to host the World Cup. Brazil is the only South American |

|]B. |country to host the World Cup twice. |

|[pic|Early in 2007, South America was chosen as the continent for the 20th World Cup. Brazil was the only country that put in a bid. Brazil hosted the World|

|]C. |Cup before in 1950. |

|[pic|The 20th World Cup will take place in 2014. In 2007, it was decided that the competition would be held in South America. It is the first World Cup in |

|]D. |South America since 1978. |

2.) Opportunities to help others are all around us. It doesn't matter if you can sing or draw. It doesn't matter if you can cook or build. The desire to help others is all you really need. You can pick up litter in the park. You can visit someone in a nursing home. You can choose among hundreds of ways to make the world a better place. Make a difference today. Volunteer.

Which is the best topic sentence for this paragraph?

A Every volunteer helps make the world a better place.

B My mother and I like to bake cookies for Grandma.

C Litter is a problem in many parks.

D I saw a volunteer list on the board.

3.) A woman trying to shoplift from a T.J. Maxx store with another adult left one important item: her 8-month old son. Suzette Gruber ran out of the store when she thought she would be caught. She panicked and left her son sitting in this stroller inside the store.

     Police say that they will keep the child in protective care while they investigate. A man claiming to be the father has tried to regain his child. He said that Gruber called him and told him to pick up the boy. Gruber turned herself in to the police on Tuesday. She will be charged with theft and abandonment of a child.

Which is the best summary of this article?

|[pic|Suzette Gruber and another adult tried to steal from a T.J. Maxx. They were almost caught, but Gruber called the boy's father and told him to pick up |

|]A. |the boy. The woman was charged with theft. |

|[pic|Police took care of an 8-month old boy when his mother left him in a department store on accident. The police said that they are still investigating |

|]B. |the crime. They will keep the boy in special care. |

|[pic|A woman tried to shoplift from a T.J. Maxx store. She thought she would be caught, so she ran out of the store. She took a few items from the store |

|]C. |with her, but she left her 8-month old son. |

|[pic|Suzette Gruber left her child in a store when she tried to shoplift. The police will keep her son in protective care for now. Gruber turned herself in |

|]D. |and will be charged with the theft and leaving her son. |

4.) All members of the Miller family are busy this morning. Mom is putting the sandwiches and drinks into the cooler. Dad is locking all the windows in the house. Rick is packing his suitcase and making sure his younger sister, Angela, packs her socks and shoes. In a few minutes they will take the cooler out to the car and load it in the back. They'll put books, tapes, and pillows in the car. Then, they'll all get in the car and start their trip to Grandpa Miller's house—well before the sun rises.

What is the best topic sentence for this paragraph?

A Mom made the sandwiches the night before.

B The Millers take books and tapes on car trips.

C Always start a long trip before dawn.

D The Miller family is getting ready for a long car trip.

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|     When Carl spotted the dogcatcher's truck next door, he could not contain his curiosity. He arrived just in time to see the dogcatcher take the dog from|

|Mrs. Childers. |

|     "Hey! That's my dog!" Carl yelled. Mrs. Childers turned bright red. |

|     "Why I'm sorry, Carl. I thought it was a stray. I didn't know you had a dog. I wouldn't have called!" The dogcatcher winked at Carl and handed him the |

|dog. |

|     "That's a mighty good-looking dog, Carl. Keep a closer eye on him from now on." |

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|Which of these best summarizes the story above? |

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| |[pic|Carl does not take very good care of his dog. He does not pay attention when his dog goes outside to play. |

| |]A. | |

| |[pic|The dogcatcher wants to make sure people take care of their dogs. He is going to give Carl some dog tips. |

| |]B. | |

| |[pic|Mrs. Childers mistakenly called the dogcatcher on Carl's dog. Carl showed up just in time to save his dog. |

| |]C. | |

| |[pic|Mrs. Childers always calls the dogcatcher when she sees a stray dog. She has helped them catch five stray dogs. |

| |]D. | |

6.)

|Your heart normally beats 70 to 80 times a minute, but the rate changes depending on your activity level. When you exercise, your body needs more oxygen |

|than when you remain still. Your heart automatically responds to these changing needs. When you need more oxygen, your heart beats faster to increase the |

|flow of blood to your body. |

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|Which of the following best summarizes the passage above? |

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|[pi|[pic|Your heart usually beats about 70 to 80 times in one minute. That is more than one heart beat for each second. That is pretty fast! |

|c] |]A. | |

|[pi|[pic|Your heart makes blood flow throughout your body. It also allows oxygen to move into your muscles, lungs, and even into your bloodstream. |

|c] |]B. | |

|[pi|[pic|Your body needs a lot of oxygen when you exercise. That is why you breathe heavier when you are running or shooting hoops with friends. |

|c] |]C. | |

|[pi|[pic|Your heart rate is dependent on your level of activity. Your heart beats faster when you are exercising and slower when you are still. |

|c] |]D. | |

Summary and Main Idea Worksheet 2

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|1. Create a title for the passage related to the main idea. | |

|2. Accurately summarize the text. | |

|3. Your summary must describe all key ideas from the text. | |

|4. Do not include opinions or personal info in your summary. | |

|5. Highlight or underline key ideas in each passage. | |

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|What’s dressed in all black, practices stealth, and is a master of espionage, sabotage, and | |

|assassination?  You guessed it: it’s a ninja! | |

Perhaps the only thing more elusive than a ninja is the source of the word ninja.  In China ninja are more often referred to as shinobi.  The Chinese word shinobi, short for shinobi-no-mono, means “to steal away.”  The word shinobi appears in Chinese poems as far back as the eighth century.  So how did this word become ninja?  Some believe that during the Edo period in Japan, the word shinobi-no-mono was appropriated and transformed to the very similar word ninja.  This probably happened because it was a lot quicker and easier to just say ninja.  It is difficult to see how such a transformation could have occurred when we look at the words using our alphabet, but if you look at the kanji representing these words, it may make more sense to you.  This is how you write shinobi-no-mono in Chinese: [pic].  And this is how you write ninja: [pic].  Now do you see the similarities?

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Ninjas used many different tools and weapons to get the job done: throwing stars, bows, acid-spurting tubes to name a few, but the favorite weapon of most ninjas was probably the katana. The katana is a long, curved sword with a single blade and a long grip to accommodate two hands. This sword was often carried in a sheath or scabbard on the ninja’s back. Though the sword was primarily used for fighting and killing, the scabbard served a number of purposes too. The ninja could remove the sword, angle the scabbard against a wall, and use it to climb to a higher place. Or, while stealthy negotiating their way through a dark place (such as an enemy’s residence at night), ninjas may have used the scabbard as a walking stick, feeling or probing their way around objects so as not to knock into anything and alert the enemy. Perhaps the ninja’s most sinister use of the scabbard was to put a mixture of red pepper, dirt, and iron shavings at the top of the scabbard, so that when the ninja drew his sword, his opponent would be blinded. I wonder what a ninja could have done with a Swiss Army knife.

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Invisibility, flight, the power to split into multiple bodies… these superhuman abilities have long been associated with ninjas, but ninjas didn’t really do all of that stuff.  They were just regular people with exceptional abilities.  So why do people think that ninjas had super powers?  Well, one reason is that ninjas were very secretive and left behind few historical records of their activities.  Since we do not know much about what they actually did, we are left to speculate.  Another reason why people often think that ninjas had superhuman abilities is because of how ninjas are depicted in folklore (particularly during the Edo period in Japan).  In such legends and works of art, ninjas were mysticized and romanticized.  These romantic notions of ninjas as superhero are perpetuated in media today, but maybe that’s just because these days people expect ninjas to have supernatural abilities.  Ki-yah!

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The image of the ninja wearing all black is a popular one indeed, but there is really no evidence that ninjas ever wore such a costume.  In fact, it is much more likely that ninjas dressed as regular civilians, which would have been far more effective camouflage in most situations than an all black suit.  The use of disguises amongst ninja is common and well-documented.  Ninja often dressed as monks, entertainers, fortune-tellers, merchants, or farmers.  Each of these disguises carried advantages that dressing in all black did not.  Dressed as monks, ninjas could conceal weapons in their robes.  Dressed as entertainers, they could spy in enemy buildings without arousing suspicion.  Dressed as fortune-tellers, they could extract information from unknowing targets.  Dressed as merchants, they could travel freely across enemy borders.  And while dressed as farmers, ninja carried simple gardening tools (such as sickles or trowels) and used them as deadly weaponry.  In this way if a ninja were caught by authorities, he could claim that his deadly apparatus were tools, not weapons.  Though they may not have been wearing all black stealth suits, ninjas were always well-disguised.  

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