What's summary?
The summary of a paragraph is the main idea of the paragraph. Often (but not always), the main idea is found in the topic sentence.
There are 3 steps to summarizing a paragraph:
- Step 1: Read the paragraph all the way through to be sure you understand it.
- Step 2: Check to see if the paragraph contains a topic sentence.
- Step 3: Write the topic sentence of the main idea with your own words and sentence structure.
The summary:
Christa McAuliffe from New Hampshire was chosen by NASA to be the first teacher-astronaut.
Christa already had many months of preparation and training before the mission.
But Challenger, the space ship, was exploded in air January 1986, all the crews is died in the crash.
After done the summary I felt so relief because finally I've done all my blog assignment. But......wait 2 mins.. I was at limuny with Evanda streaming for YouTube videos when we knew that the those summary we've already done several days ago wasn't the real summary assignment. Evanda said to me "Rik, is that true? Open the be smart, open the be smart!!" Then I felt just like: do not have fun first, abort mission! I repeat abort mission!! (^.^')v
The Real Assignment
1. The English were not the first Europeans to land their ships on American soil. The Vikings had discovered North America in the 11th century. Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 for Spain, and the French began expeditions to the New World in 1524. But the first English presence in North America is important because the thirteen English colonies that would later be established eventually became the country now known as the United States of America.
- The English were not the first European who landed in America, but the presence of English is important for the establisment of America.
2. In April of 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh, under the authority of Queen Elizabeth of England, sent an expedition of seven ships carrying 600 men, half of them soldiers, to found an English colony in North America. The colony was to be used to establish an English presence in the New World as well as a base from which English privateers, or pirates, could attack and plunder Spanish treasure fleets. Raleigh’s cousin, Sir Richard Grenville, led the expedition.
- Sir Walter Raleigh sent and expedition about 600 men, half soldier to America April 1585 to found an English colony in North America led by Sir Richard Greenvile.
3. In July of that year the bulk of the fleet reached a small island off the coast of Virginia that was called Roanoke. After building a small fort on the north side of the island, the colonists initiated relations with a Native American tribe that lived on the island, the Aquascogoc. These natives showed little interest in building relations with the English colonists, and they soon parted company. After this encounter, however, the English noticed that one of their silver cups had gone missing, and they attributed its disappearance to the Aquascogoc. Grenville, the English captain, was furious. He believed that the Aquascogoc had stolen the silver cup. Whether or not this was true, angry exchanges followed and soon the English burned the Aquascogoc village. The English held their fort against the subsequent attacks of the natives.
- They reached a small island called Roanoke in July, the colonist had a good relation with Native American tribe Aquascogoc but when a silver cup gone missing the colonist blamed the natives was stole the cup then the colonist attacked them.
4. Despite their success in battle, the colonists had a miserable time because they were mainly soldiers and adventurers, not farmers. They were hungry. They missed the comforts of England, such as soft feather beds and dainty foods. Also they had expected to find gold and silver on the island, and were disappointed when they found none. Grenville soon tired of these conditions and set out on his ship to plunder Spanish treasure fleets and return to England. The colony was gradually abandoned.
- After their success in battle, the colonist was hungry because many of them was a soldier not a farmer then they started to abandoned the colony.
5. In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched a further expedition of three ships and 150 colonists, led by John White, to Roanoke. This time the expedition included women and children, including White’s pregnant daughter, Elenora. Shortly after they reached Roanoke, Elenora delivered a child whom they named Virginia. Virginia was the first English person born in America. But the English soon ran into more trouble with the Native Americans. A colonist named George Howe was killed by natives while searching for crabs alone on the beach. The colonists were scared. They persuaded White to sail back to England to ask Sir Walter Raleigh for help. White left behind 114 colonists, including his daughter Elenora and granddaughter Virginia.
- Raleigh sent John White to led another expedition of 150 people to Roanoke including White's daughter in 1587. But then White must sail back to England left his colony after one of them was killed by native.
6. Unfortunately for White and the colonists, England was preparing for a naval war with Spain. All shipping from English ports was ceased. It took White three years to get his relief expedition back to Roanoke. When he returned in August of 1590, White found no sign of his daughter, granddaughter, or anyone else. They found three letters, “CRO,” carved on a tree and the full word, “CROATOAN,” on a nearby post. Possibly this referred to the Croatoan Island, which was nearby. White searched long and anxiously, but failed to find them.
- White had his expedition back to Roanoke three years later because England was in naval war with Spain but he couldn't find anyone.
7. No further trace of the lost colony has ever been found. Sir Walter Raleigh himself searched for the colonists in 1595, and he sent another search-party in 1602, but nothing came of either attempt. To this day no one knows for certain what happened to the colonists.
- Then Raleigh himself looked after the colony in 1595 and 1602 but no one could find them until today.
Christa McAuliffe from New Hampshire was chosen by NASA to be the first teacher-astronaut.
Christa already had many months of preparation and training before the mission.
But Challenger, the space ship, was exploded in air January 1986, all the crews is died in the crash.
After done the summary I felt so relief because finally I've done all my blog assignment. But......wait 2 mins.. I was at limuny with Evanda streaming for YouTube videos when we knew that the those summary we've already done several days ago wasn't the real summary assignment. Evanda said to me "Rik, is that true? Open the be smart, open the be smart!!" Then I felt just like: do not have fun first, abort mission! I repeat abort mission!! (^.^')v
The Real Assignment
1. The English were not the first Europeans to land their ships on American soil. The Vikings had discovered North America in the 11th century. Columbus landed in the Bahamas in 1492 for Spain, and the French began expeditions to the New World in 1524. But the first English presence in North America is important because the thirteen English colonies that would later be established eventually became the country now known as the United States of America.
- The English were not the first European who landed in America, but the presence of English is important for the establisment of America.
2. In April of 1585 Sir Walter Raleigh, under the authority of Queen Elizabeth of England, sent an expedition of seven ships carrying 600 men, half of them soldiers, to found an English colony in North America. The colony was to be used to establish an English presence in the New World as well as a base from which English privateers, or pirates, could attack and plunder Spanish treasure fleets. Raleigh’s cousin, Sir Richard Grenville, led the expedition.
- Sir Walter Raleigh sent and expedition about 600 men, half soldier to America April 1585 to found an English colony in North America led by Sir Richard Greenvile.
3. In July of that year the bulk of the fleet reached a small island off the coast of Virginia that was called Roanoke. After building a small fort on the north side of the island, the colonists initiated relations with a Native American tribe that lived on the island, the Aquascogoc. These natives showed little interest in building relations with the English colonists, and they soon parted company. After this encounter, however, the English noticed that one of their silver cups had gone missing, and they attributed its disappearance to the Aquascogoc. Grenville, the English captain, was furious. He believed that the Aquascogoc had stolen the silver cup. Whether or not this was true, angry exchanges followed and soon the English burned the Aquascogoc village. The English held their fort against the subsequent attacks of the natives.
- They reached a small island called Roanoke in July, the colonist had a good relation with Native American tribe Aquascogoc but when a silver cup gone missing the colonist blamed the natives was stole the cup then the colonist attacked them.
4. Despite their success in battle, the colonists had a miserable time because they were mainly soldiers and adventurers, not farmers. They were hungry. They missed the comforts of England, such as soft feather beds and dainty foods. Also they had expected to find gold and silver on the island, and were disappointed when they found none. Grenville soon tired of these conditions and set out on his ship to plunder Spanish treasure fleets and return to England. The colony was gradually abandoned.
- After their success in battle, the colonist was hungry because many of them was a soldier not a farmer then they started to abandoned the colony.
5. In 1587 Sir Walter Raleigh dispatched a further expedition of three ships and 150 colonists, led by John White, to Roanoke. This time the expedition included women and children, including White’s pregnant daughter, Elenora. Shortly after they reached Roanoke, Elenora delivered a child whom they named Virginia. Virginia was the first English person born in America. But the English soon ran into more trouble with the Native Americans. A colonist named George Howe was killed by natives while searching for crabs alone on the beach. The colonists were scared. They persuaded White to sail back to England to ask Sir Walter Raleigh for help. White left behind 114 colonists, including his daughter Elenora and granddaughter Virginia.
- Raleigh sent John White to led another expedition of 150 people to Roanoke including White's daughter in 1587. But then White must sail back to England left his colony after one of them was killed by native.
6. Unfortunately for White and the colonists, England was preparing for a naval war with Spain. All shipping from English ports was ceased. It took White three years to get his relief expedition back to Roanoke. When he returned in August of 1590, White found no sign of his daughter, granddaughter, or anyone else. They found three letters, “CRO,” carved on a tree and the full word, “CROATOAN,” on a nearby post. Possibly this referred to the Croatoan Island, which was nearby. White searched long and anxiously, but failed to find them.
- White had his expedition back to Roanoke three years later because England was in naval war with Spain but he couldn't find anyone.
7. No further trace of the lost colony has ever been found. Sir Walter Raleigh himself searched for the colonists in 1595, and he sent another search-party in 1602, but nothing came of either attempt. To this day no one knows for certain what happened to the colonists.
- Then Raleigh himself looked after the colony in 1595 and 1602 but no one could find them until today.
