What should the third piece of your topic sentence do?

Explain the central idea of the text.

Use a verb that communicates the purpose of the original text.

Tell the audience a short summary about what they're about to read.

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

summary being shorter than the text

A good objective summary....

Focuses on the central idea of the text and only the details that support it.

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.

Uses direct quotes from the text in order to let the audience know what it was about.

Does your concluding sentence have to be a rephrased version of your topic sentence?

No, it can be your last detail as long as it's clear the paragraph is coming to an end.

Yes, it should summarize what the paragraph was about.

Sometimes depending on the material you're summarizing.

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

to change the wording to your own words

to reduce to five sentences or less

Select the appropriate objective summary for this passage: "Invisibility, flight, the power to split into multiple bodies… these superhuman abilities have long been associated with ninjas, but ninjas didn’t really do all of that stuff. They were just regular people with exceptional abilities. So why do people think that ninjas had super powers? Well, one reason is that ninjas were very secretive and left behind few historical records of their activities. Since we do not know much about what they actually did, we are left to speculate. Another reason why people often think that ninjas had superhuman abilities is because of how ninjas are depicted in folklore (particularly during the Edo period in Japan). In such legends and works of art, ninjas were mysticized and romanticized. These romantic notions of ninjas as superhero are perpetuated in media today, but maybe that’s just because these days people expect ninjas to have supernatural abilities."

Ninjas were regular people with exceptional abilities that have been romanticized by the media to be superhuman.

Ninjas are just a fictional myth from long ago.

Identifying Objective Summaries

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English

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8th - 9th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

RI.8.2, RI.11-12.5, RL.11-12.6

+9

Standards-aligned

Margaret Anderson

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16 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What are the two things an objective summary should never have?

Supporting ideas and opinions

The word "I" and your opinion

Facts and Statistics

The author's name and title of the article

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the purpose for using transitional words?

To create more work

To become a successful writer

To help your reader follow your ideas

To create a disconnect

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which is NOT an example of a transition word?

Also

For example

And

Finally

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

CCSS.RI.9-10.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

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

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

The first part of your topic sentence should do what?

Use a verb that communicated the purpose the author had.

Explain the main idea.

Summarize what we're about to read.

Identify the text (author and source)

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

The second part of your topic sentence should do what?

Explain the main idea of the text.

Identify the text (author and source)

Use a verb that communicates the purpose of the text.

Tell a short summary about what the audience is about to read.

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.8.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

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Identifying Objective Summaries

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What are the two things an objective summary should never have?

What is the purpose for using transitional words?

Which is NOT an example of a transition word?

What does "objective" mean?

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

The first part of your topic sentence should do what?

The second part of your topic sentence should do what?

What should the third piece of your topic sentence do?

An objective summary should

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

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