Sentence One
The first thing you need to write in an objective summary.
What is the title of the article?
True or false, your objective summary should be 10-15 sentences
FALSE - It should be around 5 sentences
List 3 possible verbs you could use in the first formatted sentence of your Objective Summary.
Explains, shows, compares, illustrates, etc.
How should you end your objective summary?
With a conclusion sentence
The second thing you need to write in the first sentence of an objective summary
What is the author?
True or false, you should use a lot of quotes in your Objective Summary
FALSE - Avoid using quotes from the article
List two possible transition words you could use in your Objective Summary.
First, then, next, second, finally, in summary, etc.
What is the difference between objective and subjective?
Subjective is opinions, objective is strictly facts
The third thing you need to write in the first sentence of an objective summary
What is a verb?
True or False? The supporting details can be presented in any order in the body of your Objective Summary?
FALSE - They need to be in the order that they appear in the article
List two Don’ts when writing an Objective Summary.
These should be placed around the article’s title in an Objective Summary?
What are quotation marks?
What is the fourth thing you need to write in the first sentence of an objective summary?
What is the main/central idea?
True or false, you need 3 supporting details in your summary
TRUE
List 3 Do’s when writing an Objective Summary.
Leave out opinions, include the title and author, use a conclusion sentence, utilize transitions, etc.
What do we use instead of the phrase "is about" in an Objective Summary?
A different verb (explains, shows, illustrates)
Write an example of the entire first sentence in an objective summary
Your format should be:
Title, author, verb, main idea
TRUE!
List all of the parts of an objective summary
Title, author, verb, main idea, transition, supporting details, conclusion
What is something you should do before you write your Objective Summary?
Read and annotate the given article