UNLOCKING NON FICTION SUMMARIES

Unlocking Non Fiction Summary

A writing strategy

Learning Target

Students will learn a non fiction summary writing strategy.

UNLOCKING NON FICTION SUMMARIES

• IDENTIFY THE ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERN

• SELECT MAIN IDEA ACTION WORDS

• TOPIC

• BIG IDEA

ORGANIZATIONAL PATTERNS

• DESCRIPTIVE-describes characteristics, conditions, etc

• CAUSE AND EFFECT-explains how one event causes another

• COMPARE AND CONTRAST-shows the similarities & differences between objects

• SEQUENCE/CHRONOLOGICAL-explains the steps in a process, event, etc

• PROBLEM & SOLUTION-describes a problem & explains various solutions

Open Ended

Why is it important to determine the organizational pattern of a text?

MAIN IDEA ACTION WORDS

Once you determine the organizational pattern, you will be able to select the best MAIN ACTION WORD.

Multiple Choice

What information will be written in the first sentence of your nonfiction summary? Check all that apply.

• Your opinion.

• The organizational pattern

• A main idea action word

• the big idea

Multiple Select

How will you know you've written an objective summary? Check all that apply.

• You will have included your opinions.

• You will only include important details.

• You will state the big idea.

• The topic will be stated.