Summarizing Nonfiction

What strategy should you use when writing a summary?

• act like an airline pilot

• stare at the wall

• hope that something gets written

• act like a reporter

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

All nonfiction summary contents should be....

• subjective

• objective

• lame

• ridiculously funny

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

You should look for any key words or phrases in the text to use in your summary. Which would be an example a key word or phrase?

• title

• author

• headings

• main idea

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The ______ _______ is the main point of each paragraph or section of the text.

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The middle sentences of your summary should contain....... (click all that apply)

• title of the text

• 5W's & H

• key points/support/examples

• repeated words or phrases

• closing sentence

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The closing sentence is the last sentence of your objective summary. It does what?

• wraps up the ideas

• introduces new ideas

• contains the title of the article

• talks about something completely irrelevant

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Summaries must be _______ and not have any opinions.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading

• write about what I read

• include the key points of a text

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

What does BME stand for?

• Beginning, Main Idea, and End

• Before, Main Idea, and Ending

• Beginning, Middle and End

• Back, Middle, and End

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A summary does what?

• nothing

• tells an opinion

• makes an educated guess

• is a shorter way to explain a text with important information or key points

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2