Crocodile's christmas jandals

LI - Summarising the main idea of a topic

During this week we were summarising the main idea of a topic, we had to read a book called Crocodile's christmas jandals, this book was made by Margaret Mahi. When we were done reading we had to find Adjectives, verbs and descriptive language, then we have to put all those words from past, presents and future.

Summarising the Main Idea

Good readers notice keywords.  Here are some clues to help you find key words:

• Key words are directly connected to the topic
• Key words are often repeated in the title and the text
• A key word helps you to remember an important idea 

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Use this table to help you summarise the main ideas in a text in your own words.  It is important that you use your own words to show your understanding and to avoid plagiarism.  If you don’t know what some words mean, look them up.

Adjectives Blue Silver Golden Red Rubber Salty Fun Lost Shiney Odd

Verbs Floated Glittered Crossly Rustled Loudly Dancing Ran Dragging Cheering Play Cried Walking Sing Shouted Prancing  Watched Swapped Looking Cooked Stolen

Descriptive Language  Blue Jandles,  Silver Moon Golden Star

Past	Present	Future
Cheered	Cheering	Cheer/Cheering
Danced	Dancing	Dance
Cooked	Cooking	Cook
Swapped	Swapping	Swap
Watched	Watching	Watch
Singed	Singing	Sing
Cried	Crying	Cry
Dragged	Dragging	Drag
Glittered	Glittering	Glitter
Cheered	Cheering	Cheer
Floated	Floating	Float
Played	Playying	Play
Ranned	Running	Ran
Walked	Walking	Walk
Rustled	Rustling	Rustle
Looked	Looking	Looked
Crossed	Crossing	Cross
Pranced	Prancing	Prance
Stoled	Stealing	Stole