Objective Summary

What does "objective" mean?

• No opinions or reactions, just the facts.

• Giving your personal reflections on the topic.

• No statistics used to support the idea.

• Having plenty of evidence to support your opinion.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

Identify the "Name It" part in the paragraph below:

The article “Take a Stand” by Jean Lewis describes Rosa Park’s feelings on the day that she was arrested. When Rosa refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, she was arrested. Neither old nor tired as some assume, forty-two year old Rosa was simply fed up with the way she had been treated.

• The article "Take a Stand" by Jean Lewis

• Rosa Park's feelings on the day that she was arrested

• describes

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Identify the "Verb it" part in the paragraph below:

The article “Take a Stand” by Jean Lewis describes Rosa Park’s feelings on the day that she was arrested. When Rosa refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, she was arrested. Neither old nor tired as some assume, forty-two year old Rosa was simply fed up with the way she had been treated.

• The article "Take a Stand" by Jean Lewis

• Rosa Park's feelings on the day that she was arrested

• describes

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Identify the "Central Idea" part in the paragraph below:

The article “Take a Stand” by Jean Lewis describes Rosa Park’s feelings on the day that she was arrested. When Rosa refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white man, she was arrested. Neither old nor tired as some assume, forty-two year old Rosa was simply fed up with the way she had been treated.

• The article "Take a Stand" by Jean Lewis

• Rosa Park's feelings on the day that she was arrested

• describes

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What should use throughout your objective summary, but ESPECIALLY in the last sentence?

• Transition words and phrases
• Direct quotes from the source
• Supporting details from the text
• The main idea of the text

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Your concluding sentence should

• all of these answers

• be short and powerful

• bring the paragraph to logical close

• restate your topic sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2