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Summary and Main Idea Worksheet 1
Directions:
Read each passage and…
1. Create a title for the passage related to the main idea.
2. Accurately summarize the text.
3. Your summary must describe all key ideas from the text.
4. Do
not
include opinions or personal info in your summary.
5. Highlight or underline key ideas in each passage.
Picture this: a herd of elephants flies past you at sixty miles per
hour, followed by a streak of tigers, a pride of lions, and a bunch of clowns. What do you see?
It
must be a circus train! One of the first uses of the circus train is credited to W.C. Coup. He
partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871 to expand the reach of their newly combined shows using
locomotives. That's another word for train. You see,
before trains, moving the circus was hard.
They had to lug around all their animals, performers, and equipment with a team of more than
600 horses. Since there were no highways, these voyages were rough and took a long time.
Circuses would stop at many small towns between the large venues. Performing at many of these
small towns was not very profitable. Because of these limitations, circuses could not grow as
large as the imaginations of the operators.
After they began using circus trains, Barnum and
Coup only brought their show to large cities. These performances were much more profitable and
the profits went toward creating an even bigger and better circus. More stages or "rings" were
added and the show went on.
Ringling Bros. and Barnum and Bailey Circus relied on the train to
transport their astounding show until they went defunct in 2017.
1. Main idea related title for the passage:
Circus Trains: How They Changed and Helped the Circus Show Grow.
2. Summarize the passage in your own words:
Circuses used to have difficulties in travelling and would
stop at small towns. Circuses could not grow and their profits were low. After the use of circus trains,
which was credited to W.C. Coup who partnered with P.T. Barnum in 1871, they were able to expand and
bring their shows to larger cities. Circus trains allowed circuses to travel easily from one city to another
which resulted to more profits that went toward creating an even bigger and better circus.
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How do you say “Holy cow” in French? The fastest thing in France may just be the fastest
ground transportation in the world.
The TGV (
Train à Grande Vitesse
: French for very high
speed) is France’s national high-speed rail service.
On April 3
rd
, 2007, a TGV test train set a
record for the fastest wheeled train, reaching 357.2 miles per hour. In mid 2011, TGV trains
operated at the highest speed in passenger train service in the world, regularly reaching 200 miles
per hour. But what you may find most shocking is that TGV
trains run on electric power not
petrol. Now if you’ll excuse me; I have a record to catch.
3. Main idea related title for the passage:
TGV: the fastest ground transport in the world
4. Summarize the passage in your own words:
TGV is the fastest transportation in France. The record
for TGVS speed is 357.2 miles per hour. This train is an electric train and operates as the highest speed
train in the world which regularly reaching 200 miles per hour.
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Giddy-up, cowboys and girls!
In the Southwest during early half of the 1800s, cows were only
worth 2 or 3 dollars apiece. They roamed wild, grazed off of the open range, and were abundant.
Midway through the century though, railroads were built and the nation was connected.
People in
the Southwest could suddenly ship cows in freight trains to the Northeast. The Yankees there had
a growing taste for beef and were willing to pay for it. Out of the blue,
the same cows that were
once worth a couple of bucks were now worth between twenty and forty dollars each. The only
problem was that they had to get these cows to the train station. A new profession emerged from
this.
It became pretty lucrative to wrangle up a drove of cattle and herd them to the nearest train
town. Of course it was dangerous too. Cowboys were threatened at every turn.
They faced cattle
rustlers, stampedes and extreme weather. But they kept pushing those steers to the train station.
By the turn of the century, barbed wire killed the open range. Some may say the cowboy, too,
was killed by barbed wire. Maybe, but it was the train that birthed them.
5. Main idea related title for the passage:
Selling and shipping cows
6. Summarize the passage in your own words: in the 1800’s,
cows in the southwest were worth 2 or 3
dollars per piece. Railroads made it possible to ship cows to the northeast. Cowboys faced cattle rustlers
and extreme weather, but kept pushing those steers to the train station.
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Electric trolley cars or trams were once the chief mode of public transportation in the United
States. Though they required tracks and electric cables to run, these trolley cars were clean and
comfortable.
In 1922, auto manufacturer General Motors created a special unit to replace electric
trolleys with cars, trucks, and buses. Over the next decade, they lobbied for laws and regulations
that made operating trams more difficult and less profitable.
In 1936 General Motors created
several front companies to purchase and dismantle the trolley car system. They received big
investments from Firestone Tire, Standard Oil of California, Phillips Petroleum, and others in the
automotive industry.
Some people suspect that these parties wanted to replace trolley cars with
buses to make public transportation less desirable. This would then increase automobile sales.
The decline of the tram system in North America could be blamed on many things—labor
strikes, the Great Depression, regulations that were unfavorable to operators. Yet, perhaps the
primary cause was having a group of powerful men from rival sectors of the auto industry
working together to ensure its destruction. Fill it up, please.
7. Main idea related title for the passage:
They were once the main mode of public transportation in the united states
8. Summarize the passage in your own words: Electric streetcars were cheaper to build and operate than
horse -drawn vehicles and cable cars. They could carry more passengers, travel longer distances, and go
faster. Electric trolley buses are rubber-tired vehicles with motors powered by electricity from overhead
wires. General motors created a special unit to replace electric trolleys with cars, trucks, and buses.
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