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Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising” Feature Menu Introducing the Selections Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary Writing Skills Focus
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Magazine Article and Summaries What does it take to make a good idea work?
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Introducing the Selections For centuries, inventors have identified a need and then developed a product to answer that need. Inventions such as the airplane, the train, and the car help us travel vast distances quickly and easily.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Introducing the Selections In past centuries, however, people’s travel needs were more basic. Inventors answered the need for efficient travel on the Mississippi River by developing giant paddlewheel boats.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Introducing the Selections “Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats” explores the paddlewheel’s extraordinary importance to America’s economic growth. Today, however, these marvels of the U.S. waterways are little more than interesting tourist stops. [End of Section]
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary Summaries You encounter summaries of informational texts every day in newspapers, magazines, book reviews, and online. A summary can help you understand an article’s most important ideas.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary A summary gives an overview of a text, providing a brief recounting of the text’s most important ideas. This newspaper article summarizes rules about campaign finances. Those rules will be very important in the next election.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary An effectivesummary helps you understand a text’s main ideas, as well as recognize important supporting details. I get it now! • main ideas • details
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary Here is how to create a meaningful summary of an informational text: 1. Open with the article’s title and author. 2. State the topic of the article. 3. State the main ideas, in the order in which they occur in the article.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary Here is how to create a meaningful summary of an informational text: 4. Include important supporting details (people, places, dates). • people • places • dates 5. Include quotation marks around words from the text that are quoted exactly. In Life on the Mississippi, Mark Twain wrote, “And the boat IS a rather handsome sight, too.”
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Informational Text Focus: Evaluating a Summary Into Action: Use a chart to evaluate the summaries of “Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats.” Title and Author Main Ideas in Order Supporting Details Summary Topic #1 #2 [End of Section]
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Writing Skills Focus Preparing for Timed Writing As you read “Steam Rising,” note which details support a general understanding of the topic. By 1833, records show that 1,200 steamboats visited New Orleans alone. an important supporting detail = Important details support the article’s main ideas.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Writing Skills Focus Which of the following is an important detail—a detail used to support a main idea about steamboats? ☑ Robert Fulton gets credit for creating the first “efficient” steamboat. Robert Fulton gets credit for creating the first “efficient” steamboat. Robert Fulton trained in art in Philadelphia as a teen and then traveled to England. Robert Fulton’s role in the development of the steamboat supports the article’s main idea. Where he trained is unimportant. [End of Section]
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary antiquatedadj.: old-fashioned. prototypen.: first or original model of something. monopolyn.: total control over a particular business.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Antiquated versions of familiar objects—such as telephones, airplanes, and phonographs—can look old-fashioned.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Which is the most antiquated car? b. c. a.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Which is the most antiquated car? b. c. a. Where might you find antiquated items?
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Inventors practice building models of their inventions. A prototype is a first or original modelof something. This is the prototype of an early steam engine. That old prototype was improved, eventually leading to the development of today’s far more sophisticated engines.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Is prototype used correctly in the following sentence? Designers are working on the prototype of a new, energy-efficient car that will be available to consumers within five years.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Is prototype used correctly in the following sentence? Designers are working on the prototype of a new, energy-efficient car that will be available to consumers within five years. The prototype of a car is a model not yet available to buyers. Prototype is used correctly.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary Monopoly comes from two Greek words. mono poly monos: single, alone pōlein: to sell Together, monos and pōlein mean “the sole right to sell.” A company that has a monopoly has complete control over a particular business.
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary If a monopoly owned the television networks, • one business would select the programs we could watch • several businesses would select the programs we could watch
Steam Rising: The Revolutionary Power of Paddleboats / Summaries of “Steam Rising”Vocabulary If a monopoly owned the television networks, • one business would select the programs we could watch • several businesses would select the programs we could watch How might a monopoly affect consumers? [End of Section]
