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

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• quotes words from the text
• including main ideas only

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

Does the meaning of the text change when you write an objective summary?

• No, it's shorter but has the same meaning.
• Yes, of course the meaning changes because someone else is writing it.
• It depends on the material and who originally wrote it. 

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

The first part of your topic sentence should do what?

• Use a verb that communicated the purpose the author had--verb it

• Explain the main idea--support it

• Summarize what we're about to read--Describe it

• Identify the text (author and source)--Name it

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

What things should not be included in an objective summary?

• Supporting ideas and opinions

• The word "I," your opinion, cited text evidence

• Facts and Statistics

• The author's name and title of the article

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

An objective summary should

• include quotes from the text.
• be brief, accurate, and objective.
• include small details from the text.
• include the reader's opinion of the text.

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

A good objective summary....

• Is a summary sentence of the text that covers the key details.
• Identifies the topic, has all the key words, and is a complete sentence.
• Focuses on the central idea of the text and only the details that support it. 
• Uses direct quotes from the text in order to let the audience know what it was about. 

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CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

When you write the events you'll want to paraphrase them. Paraphrasing means...

• to list chronologically
• to list objectively
• to reduce to five sentences or less
• to change the wording to your own words

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

If you're asked to write an objective summary, which of the following should you avoid?

• Listing the major events of the story/article

• Choosing only the most important parts

• Explaining your thoughts about the story/article

• Stating the central conflict of the story/article

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

a shortened retelling of the important parts of a text or story

• Review

• Paraphrase

• Summary

• There is no correct answer

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2