Summarize a Literary Text is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on ordering a story's key events into a summary, aligned to Common Core standard RL.5.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.
Set 1 of 25 · the same problems every time you open this link.
The king lets Eurydice follow him on one condition.
Orpheus's wife Eurydice dies.
Ten paces from daylight, Orpheus looks back.
He goes down to the underworld and plays for its king.
2.Number these to summarize a story about a kite.
On its first flight the string snaps.
The kite lands in a neighbor's tall tree.
The neighbor lends her a ladder to fetch it.
Asha builds a kite from her grandfather's old plans.
They fly it together with stronger string.
LessonPrint · RL.5.2 · Set 1 · free to copy for classroom use
Answer key — Summarize a Literary Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.Correct order: 3, 5, 2, 4, 1
2.Correct order: 4, 1, 2, 3, 5
Questions about Summarize a Literary Text
What does the Summarize a Literary Text worksheet cover?
It practices ordering a story's key events into a summary — 2 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RL.5.2: Find the theme through how characters respond, then summarize. The instruction to students is “Number the boxes to show the right order”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Summarize a Literary Text practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.5.2 — RL.5.2, under Reading: Literature for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Determine a theme of a story, drama, or poem from details in the text, including how characters in a story or drama respond to challenges or how the speaker in a poem reflects upon a topic; summarize the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Summarize a Literary Text is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RL.5.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Summarize a Literary Text come with an answer key?
Yes. All 2 answers are generated from the same problems as the questions, so the key cannot drift out of step with the sheet. It starts on a fresh sheet of paper, after the questions, so it is not handed out with the class by accident.
How many different versions of Summarize a Literary Text can I print?
25 — one per student, and all 25 ask different questions. Set 1 downloads the whole class as a single PDF. Every version is fixed to its own address, so a sheet printed today holds the same problems when you reopen it next week.
Is Summarize a Literary Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Summarize a Literary Text, its answer key and its 25 versions are free to print and photocopy for your own class, with no account, no email capture and no subscription at the download step. Please do not resell them or republish them as your own.
More practice for RL.5.2
Find the theme through how characters respond, then summarize.