"Bad Boy" Objective Summary

" Bad Boy" Objective Summary

After reading the texts, students will write an objective summary that includes the central idea and significant details.

Objective Summary

An objective summary communicates a central idea of the text in your own words.

_____ Central idea is stated

_____ Significant details are included

_____ Details are in order (beginning, middle, end)

_____ Free of bias

Multiple Choice

What is the central idea (what the text is mainly about) of "Bad Boy"?

• Walter learns how to play sports for the first time.

• Walter starts to understand his interests. Some he has to keep a secret and some he does out of pressure.

• Walter becomes obsessed with books and wants the whole world to know.

• Walter starts to gain interests in girls and has a crush on Lorrell.

Supporting Details

Central idea: Walter starts to understand his interests. He realizes some interests he has to keep a secret. He is pressured into other interests by his friends.

Now you will find supporting details (text examples for the central idea above.

Some text here about the topic of discussion

Multiple Choice

What supporting detail is from the beginning of the story? (It should show Walter sharing his interest that is inspired by his community).

• "Athletes were

  highly respected in the black community, and boys my age were

  encouraged to play some sport.'

• "Books were special and said something about me

  that I didn’t want to reveal."

• "Being a boy meant to me that I was not particularly like girls."

• "Sometimes on rainy days I would sit

  in the library and read."

Multiple Choice

What supporting detail is from the middle of the story? (An example where Walter is sharing an interest that he has to hide).

• "I liked other sports as well and even followed the New York

  Rangers hockey team..."

• "As much as I enjoyed reading, in the world in which I was

  living it had to be a secret vice."

• "I loved playing ball."

• "A teenager, Lorelle Henry, was leading

  the group, and she was pretty, so we sent a few woo-woos her way."

Multiple Choice

What supporting detail is at the end of the story? (Walter shares how he has to hide his interests around his friends).

• "I felt a connection with these

  readers but didn’t know what the connection was."

• "Sometimes Eric and I would go down to the courts

  on Riverside Drive and play there."

• "When I brought a book home

  from the library, I would sometimes run into older kids who

  would tease me about my reading."

• "I liked dancing, too, but I had to pretend that I didn’t like it. No big deal."

Multiple Choice

Fill in the blank:

Concluding sentence: The author wants readers to know that...

• Boys should always play sports because they are built to play.

• Reading will make you successful in life and is the best hobby to have.

• Boys and girls can do whatever interests them. They should not be limited based on their gender.

• Basketball is the greatest sport and is better than hockey.