Summed Up Quickly

Students read a multi-paragraph text about the history and evolution of bicycles, summarizing the central idea of each paragraph. Afterward, they reflect on how all three sections combine to express the overall central idea. This activity teaches paragraph-level analysis and synthesis of information across a text. It builds skills in identifying topic sentences, connecting ideas, and forming cohesive summaries.

Curriculum Matched Skills

English Language Arts – Summarizing Multi-Paragraph Texts

English Language Arts – Identifying and Synthesizing Central Ideas

English Language Arts – Analyzing Paragraph Structure and Development

English Language Arts – Informational Text Comprehension

This worksheet is part of our Central Ideas of Text collection.