Write an Objective Summary

How to write an Objective Summary?

- Focus on what you get from the article finding the central idea, get rid of minor details that are not important, write only enough to show the central idea well (5-7 sentences), organizing the info clearly and the right forma, restate the information in YOUR OWN WORDS, and DONT NOT INCLUDE OPINIONS/PERSONAL FEELINGS

What is an Objective Summary?

- a sumnary which feelings and opinion are not included ONLY FACTS

How do you summarize?

- by listing key points and important events and the central idea (what the story is about) and putting the info into clear and concise format and making the summary into your own word 5-7 sentences and DONT use the word i, me, my, or mine. And make sure the summarizing paragraph include the topic sentence and conclusion sentence that states the central idea is the article or passage

what are the steps (2) to writing an object summary?

- essential/key ideas - pick 1 or 2 essential idea (re-scan the beginning, the middle, and the end and pick 1 idea from each that can tell the full story) - key details will support the central idea

Why do we summarize?

- to decide whats most important and worth remebering (important life skill) and minor details are not always important

What are the steps(1) to write an Objective Summary

- topic sentence - name it (identifying the title and the author from the article) - verb it (summary verb ) - central idea ( identifying the central idea of the text/passage)