1. Writing an Objective Summary For your Independent Reading Novel?

2. Writing an Objective Summary  Writing an objective summary involves recording the main ideas of a text while showing your understanding of the topic.  Objective means:  No opinions  No reactions  No personal connections  Just the facts! THERE IS NO “I”and no “you” or “yours”

3. What is an objective summary?  A good objective summary:  Focuses on the main idea and only the details that support it  Brief  Accurate  Objective

4. What should a complete paragraph include?  At least 7-9 sentences:  Main Idea sentence  Most important idea of original source  Three - Five supporting detail sentences  Three details that relate to and support the main idea  Concluding sentence  A summarizing sentence

5. Your turn:  You will watch the first half of “Mowgli’s Brothers” by Rudyard Kipling  Then, you will write a five sentence paragraph summarizing what you watched.  Make sure you do not include opinions or reactions.  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnXw30qq9xM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnXw30qq9xM