1. Objective Summary vs Critical Summary
Think – Summary versus Critique
Get out your notes from yesterday!

2. Validation Learning Action
What’s the happs?
Validation
Learning
Action
With your small groups: Write an objective summary consisting of at least 5 sentences that hit on three key points of Lou Gehrig's “Farewell Speech.”
Write a critical summary of at least 5 sentences that give your opinion of the three key points.
The difference between an objective and a critical summary
Notes
Read Lou Gehrig’s “Farewell Speech”
Practice writing an objective summary in small groups.
Practice writing a critical summary in small groups

3. R.KID.2
9-10.RL.KID.2 Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
9-10.RI.KID.2 Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.

4. Summary Connection 9-10.RL.KID.2 9-10.RI.KID.2
Determine a theme or central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.
Determine a central idea of a text and analyze its development; provide an objective or critical summary.

5. What is a Summary?
A summary is a brief statement or restatement of the main ideas in a literary work or informational text.
In reading standard R.2, the demand of summarization is that students demonstrate their ability to immerse themselves in other people’s ideas to enlarge their thinking and experience through reading.
Many students confuse retellings with summaries.
To write strong summaries, students must know how to determine important ideas and crucial details that support them, and they must be able to strip away redundant or extraneous information.

6. Objective Summary
An objective summary is a conveying of the main ideas of a text (or part of a text) that remains neutral and unbiased (i.e., does not convey the writer’s opinion, reactions, personal connections—just the facts).

7. Key Characteristics of an Objective Summary
Focus on the Theme or Central Idea
Specific and Relevant Details
Details Support the Theme or Central Idea
Brief
Refrains from Opinions, Reactions, etc.
A good objective summary does not include evaluative words or comments, such as the reader’s overall opinion of or reaction to the piece. An objective summary is not the reader’s interpretation or critical analysis of the work.

8. Select the two sentences that together summarize the passage.
TN READY Examples
Select the two sentences that together summarize the passage.
Which statement is the best summary of the passage?

9. Critical Summary
A critical summary is a concise review of a text (e.g.,
article, book, digital text) that combines an objective
summary (to convey main ideas) and a critical comment that involves analysis and evaluation of the text.

10. Key Characteristics of a Critical Summary
Concise
Objective Summary (Central Idea)
Critical Comment
Analysis of Text
Evaluation of Text

11. TN READY Examples - NONE
Think about answer choices that demonstrate critical responses rather than objective.
Select the two sentences that together critically summarize the passage.
Which statement is the best critical summary of the passage?

12. The Difference (Examples)
Objective Summary
Critical Summary
Winston Smith lives in London. Instead of being a part of England, 1984’s London is part of Oceania, one of the three huge governments that exist in the book. Oceania is controlled by a powerful and mysterious elite.
George Orwell’s 1984 is a harrowing account of a world that could come to pass if government is given absolute control over its citizens. The slogan “Big Brother is watching you” is just one way that this could happen, as the evil totalitarian government in Oceania uses technology to cruelly and systematically monitor and control its citizens including main character Winston Smith.

13. Read Lou Gerhig’s “Farewell Speech” on pg. 2 Your end goal is below.
Objective Summary
Critical Summary
5 sentences hitting on at least 3 key points
5 sentences giving your opinion on those three key points.

14. Small Groups A-Team: Morgan, Samuel, Malachi
Avengers: Cadie, Kyndall, Jullian
Incredibles: Hannah, Brianna, Allyson N.
Fantastic Four: Meilei, Allyson P., Abdulah
Guardians of the Galaxy: Tari’Asia, Brayden
Teen Titans: Paige, Jake, Peyton
X-Men: Leah, Mcclain, Maximus
Watchmen: Kevin, Darius, Annabell

15. Instructions: Read Lou Gehrig’s “Farwell Speech”
Tutors: Model how you found the key points of his speech. Then, show them your practice objective summary from Friday.
Sophomores: Write your own objective summary. At least 5 sentences identifying 3 key points.
Tutors: Model how you came up with your critical analysis (opinion) to add to your critical summary. Then, show them your practice critical summary.
Sophomores: Write your own critical summary. At least 5 sentences identifying 3 key points.

16. Closure: 5-3-1 5- I totally get this. I could teach someone.
3- I kind of get it but have questions
1- I’m lost. Help!