Objective Summaries

An objective summary is . . .

• a retelling of everything in a text

• a brief account of the main points of a text

• your opinion about a text you've read

• one sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

An objective summary should include . . .

• only your opinions

• only information from the text

• both your opinions and information from the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The first sentence in an objective summary should be . . .

• The central idea of the text

• Your first supporting detail from the text

• The author and title of the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

How many supporting details should you include in an objective summary?

• 1

• 2

• 3 or 4 or 5

• at least 10

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

When writing your supporting details, you should . . .

• copy/paste any sentence from the text

• paraphrase any sentence from the text

• copy/paste key ideas from the text

• paraphrase key ideas from the text

Tags

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.1

CCSS.RL.8.1

A completed objective summary should basically be . . .

• one sentence

• one paragraph

• one page

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2