Summarize an Argued Text is a free printable Grade 5 English worksheet on summarizing a text that makes several claims, aligned to Common Core standard RI.5.2. It prints 2 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions, 20 of them with 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.
20 of these 25 sets ask different questions — this skill does not have 25 questions to give. The rest reorder them, so no two students have the same paper in front of them.
Summarize an Argued Text
RI.5.2
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Read the text, then answer the questions.
1.Read the text, then answer the questions.
What Sleep Is For
Sleep is not switching off. Parts of the brain are busier asleep than awake.
Two claims are well supported. The first is that sleep consolidates memory: during deep sleep, the day's experiences are replayed and moved from short-term storage into long-term. Interrupt deep sleep and recall of the previous day drops measurably.
The second is that sleep clears waste. The spaces between brain cells widen during sleep, and fluid washes through, removing proteins that build up while awake.
A third claim — that a particular number of hours suits everybody — is not supported. Need varies with age and between individuals, and self-reported sleep is unreliable.
Teenagers are a special case. Their body clocks genuinely shift later at puberty, which is a biological fact rather than a preference, and school start times mostly ignore it.
1. Summarize this text.
2.Read the text, then answer the questions.
Can You Do Two Things at Once?
People say they multitask. Mostly they do not.
The brain can run two tasks together only if at least one is automatic. Walking and talking works because walking is automatic for an adult. Reading and listening to speech does not, because both need the same language system.
What feels like multitasking is usually rapid switching. Each switch costs time — a fraction of a second to disengage and re-engage — and the costs add up. In experiments, people doing two tasks alternately take substantially longer in total than doing them one after the other, and make more errors.
They also do not notice. Switching feels efficient because you are busy the whole time.
The practical conclusion is unpopular but consistent: for anything demanding, doing one thing at a time is faster.
1. Summarize this text.
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Answer key — Summarize an Argued Text
Set 1. Prints on its own sheet.
1.1. Sleep consolidates memory and clears waste from the brain, no single number of hours suits everybody, and teenagers' body clocks genuinely shift later.
2.1. Genuine multitasking needs one automatic task; what feels like it is rapid switching, which costs time and accuracy without feeling like it does.
Questions about Summarize an Argued Text
What does the Summarize an Argued Text worksheet cover?
It practices summarizing a text that makes several claims — 2 questions for Grade 5, all on Common Core RI.5.2: Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize. The instruction to students is “Read the text, then answer the questions”, and the answer key follows on the next sheet.
Which Common Core standard does Summarize an Argued Text practice?
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RI.5.2 — RI.5.2, under Reading: Informational Text for Grade 5. The published standard reads: “Determine two or more main ideas of a text and explain how they are supported by key details; summarize the text.” The worksheet assesses that standard rather than a paraphrase of it.
What age or grade is this worksheet for?
Summarize an Argued Text is written for Grade 5, typically ages 10-11. It is one of the sheets on RI.5.2, so it suits any student working at that standard — including older students revisiting it and younger ones working ahead.
Does Summarize an Argued 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 an Argued Text can I print?
25 versions, of which 20 ask genuinely different questions — this skill does not have 25 distinct questions to give, so the rest reorder them and no two students still share a paper. Set 1 downloads all 25 as one PDF.
Is Summarize an Argued Text free to print and photocopy?
Yes. Summarize an Argued 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 RI.5.2
Find two or more main ideas, show their support, and summarize.