Summary Gym

This worksheet teaches multi-stage summarizing by having students read an informational passage and write three progressively more focused summaries. Students first produce a general overview, then reduce and tighten the summary, and finally craft a precise, refined version. Throughout the process, they practice identifying main ideas, supporting details, and essential information while cutting unnecessary content. This helps students deepen comprehension and develop concise academic writing skills. By refining multiple drafts, learners strengthen their ability to distill complex texts into clear summaries.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Informational Text Summarization

English Language Arts – Identifying Main Ideas and Key Details

English Language Arts – Concise Academic Writing

Reading Comprehension – Synthesizing Information

This worksheet is part of our Iterative AI Refinement Loop collection.