Goal 2: Write and analyze informational texts.

EOC Practice on 2.01: "Town's Only Doctor Still Handles Practice Old Fashioned Way"
2.01d: Identifying Main Idea in Informational Text
2.01e: Summarizing Informational Text
BBC "Summarising" Exercise Level A
BBC "Summarising" Exercise Level B
BBC "Summarising" Exercise Level C

Quia "Rags to Riches" Summarizing Game
TV411 Summarizing

Somebody-Wanted-But-So-(Then) Format Practice:
ABC News Link: "Robbers in Argentina Tunnel into Bank, Loot Safety Deposit Boxes"
MIDACS Practice:
Bubonic Plague Article

M    Identify the main idea from the topic sentence or topic paragraph.
I      Identify important information.
D     Delete trivial or less important information.
A     Analyze redundant information to determine its importance.
C     Collapse, categorize, and label information
S     Write a summary statement.