Summary and Close Reading

What is a summary?

• A restatement of a piece of writing that is both brief and written in your own words
• One long quote that uses all of the author's words exactly
• The reader's personal thoughts and opinions about the article and the author
• Just putting the main idea of an article into your own words

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

When writing a summary, what type of information do you want to use for the supporting details?

• All of the information that the article gives
• Only the important information or key details that the article gives
• Only the extra information or "fluff" that the article gives
• Whatever facts the reader thinks are most interesting

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Why do we number our paragraphs before reading a new article?

• Because we have to write a different summary for each paragraph
• Because we need to know how many total paragraphs are in an article
• Because it helps us pin-point key details
• Because it makes the article look nicer

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What should you be doing during your "First Reading" of a new article?

• Trying to understand what the article is about in general
• Looking for all of the key details
• Writing your main idea sentence
• Reading the article as fast as possible to get to the second reading

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What strategy do we use to help us produce the main idea of an article?

• Compare and Contrast
• Process of Elimination
• Trial and Error
• Identify + Verb + Topic + Finish the Thought (I+V+T+F)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What should you be doing during your "Second Reading" of a new article?

• Looking for the main idea using the I+V+T+F strategy
• Underlining new thoughts that will become the supporting details
• Numbering your paragraphs
• Looking for the topic of the article, the who or what the article is about

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What information will you plug into your graphic organizer?

• The main idea and supporting details of the article
• Just the main idea of the article
• Just the supporting details of the article
• The main idea, supporting details, and your thoughts on the article

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.11-12.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

What format will your final product be in?

• Written in a graphic organizer
• Written in a paragraph
• Written in one sentence
• Written to match the length of the article 

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.3

CCSS.RI.8.3

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.3

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

What is close reading?

• Reading the text with your face as close to the paper as possible
• Reading the text without making any marks or notes on it
• Reading the text once and as quickly as possible
• Reading a text carefully to both understand it and answer questions about it

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.10

CCSS.RI.8.10

CCSS.RL.6.10

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.8.10

What do we use to help us form conclusions about difficult words or ideas?

• Context Clues
• Main Idea
• Supporting Details
• I+V+T+F
  

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2