Writing Objective Summary

The first step to writing an objective summary is:

• Check your facts

• Choose what's important

• Stick to the facts

• Put it in order

The second step to writing an objective summary is:

• Check your facts

• Choose what's important

• Stick to the facts

• Put it in order

The third step to writing an objective summary is:

• Check your facts

• Choose what's important

• Stick to the facts

• Put it in order

The last step in writing an objective summary is:

• Check your facts

• Choose what's important

• Stick to the facts

• Put it in order

an overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions.

• Problem and Solution

• Objective Summary

• Propel the Action

• Technical Meaning

An overview of a passage that captures the main points but does not give every detail and does not include opinions

• Objective summary

• Overview

• Setting

• Figurative Language

Your summary should be objective.

• True

• False

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. 

What strategy do you use when you write a fiction objective summary?

• ACE Method

• IDEAS

• STEAL Method

• SWBST Method

Your summary should be________.

Check all that apply:

• Should be a complete sentence or two.

• Should cover main point and key ideas.

• Should be in your own words.

• Should just be a word or two.