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Summary Writing

Summary Writing. Objective:. Students will be able to provide an objective summary of the text (7.RL.2). Summary Definition:. In a summary the reader. Identifies the central or key ideas in text. Puts the text into their own words. Organizes the text into a condensed version.

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Summary Writing

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  1. Summary Writing

  2. Objective: Students will be able to provide an objective summary of the text (7.RL.2)

  3. Summary Definition: • In a summary the reader. . . . • Identifies the central or key ideas in text • Puts the text into their own words • Organizes the text into a condensed version

  4. Summary is Not: • Limited to one detail • Only a theme/topic sentence • Character traits • Only one micro note • An opinion statement • An inference

  5. Summary Formula: Write in the form of a paragraph • T: First line: theme/topic • 1: Second line: Main event from text. Put it in your words. • 2: Third line: Main event from text. Put it in your words. • 3: Fourth line: Main event from text. Put it in your words. • 4: Fifth line: Main event from text. Put it in your words. • W: wrap it up– bring it all together; connect the theme to the events • T+1+2+3+4+W

  6. Theme and Summary are LINKED: • In seventh grade a THEME statement is ALWAYS included in a paragraph SUMMARY… ALWAYS even if the questions doesn’t directly state to also write a theme. T – Theme statement/topic sentence 1 2 3 4 W- Wrap up sentence • Write this in the form of a paragraph. 4 important events from the story that are LINKED to the theme you chose Sometimes easier to write 4 main events, then ask yourself, what did these events teach me about life/people/the world (theme)?

  7. What should a summary look like on a short answer assessment? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Theme statement. First Main Event/Detail written in your own words. Second Main Event/Detail written in your own words. Third Main Event/Detail written in your own words. Fourth Main Event/Detail written in your own words. Sentence that finishes or wraps up summary.

  8. One Sentence Summary: Character + Conflict + Resolution

  9. Think about the last chapter of The Outsider’s that we read in class. Write a one sentence summary of the chapter. • ___character____ + ___conflict__ + ___resolution___ who was what what solved involved happened the problem in the chapter in the or what was chapter the result

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