Summaries, Themes, Morals, and Central Ideas

unbiased or impartial; free of personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

• theme

• moral

• objective

• subjective

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

based on or influenced by personal feelings, tastes, or opinions

• objective

• moral

• subjective

• summary

Tags

CCSS.L.6.5C

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.4

a summary of a text (poem, short story, novel, article, etc.) that includes only what has been read and not the impact it has on the reader

• objective summary

• subjective summary

• koala

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

a summary of a text (poem, short story, novel, article, etc.) that includes the impact (feelings, opinions) it has on the reader

• objective summary

• subjective summary

• theme

• panda

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Formal, academic summaries should always be objective.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

You can use the words "you,", "my," and "I" in a formal summary.

• True

• False

• Only if it's part of a quote.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.W.6.1D

CCSS.W.6.2E

CCSS.W.6.4

Summaries should be full of short sentences.

• True

• False

Tags

CCSS.W.6.4

When formatting the title of a short story...

• italicize the title

• place the title in quotation marks

Tags

CCSS.W.6.2A

When formatting the title of a novel...

• italicize the title

• place the title in quotation marks

The message or idea that the author wants to convey

• theme

• moral

• central idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.6

CCSS.RL.6.2