📓 Mastery task
Mastery Challenge: Write a 20-Word Summary
- Write your own summary inside a word limit
Your turn to write
Read the paragraph, then write a summary of about 20 words in your own words.
Every Saturday, Sipho helps his grandmother in her vegetable garden. He waters the spinach, pulls out weeds and carries the heavy watering can. When they finish, she makes him a cup of tea and tells him stories about when she was a girl. Sipho says the tea is his reward, but really he loves the stories most of all.
Plan it in 5 steps
- Read the paragraph twice.
- Write the big idea in one sentence, out loud.
- Underline four key words in the paragraph.
- Write your summary in 15 to 20 words.
- Count the words. Cut anything that repeats.
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