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Browse our collection of summarising worksheets and text passages aimed at supporting readers to evaluate information and separate the main idea/s from the supporting detail. These resources also include a number of the graphic organisers that are designed to help students summarise a given text. Watch our Main Idea Video.
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Storyboard Graphic Organiser
This template helps learners map out a story by identifying all the key events.
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<p>Reading strategy posters for the early years: creating images, inferring, summarising, connections, prior knowledge & questioning.</p>
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<p>Read a middle years passage and build a visual image to match. Draw it!</p>
Leo the Lion: Cause & Effect
Read a short passage about Leo the Lion. Cut and paste to show the cause and effect relationships.
Making Connections: Waterpark (2)
<p>For the middle years. Students read the passage of text and write down connections they can make.</p>
Making Connections: Waterpark (1)
<p>For the early years. Students read the passage of text and write down connections they can make.</p>
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