1. Perfect Paragraph Summary Edition

2. Agenda O 5 Week Exam Expectations O Go over perfect paragraph reminders. O Refresh your memory: Create a summary. O PRACTICE! PRACTICE! PRACTICE! O END GOAL: Be able to write a perfect summary.

3. 5 Week Assessment O Annotations O Summary O Text Dependent Question

4. Perfect Paragraph O At least 5 sentences O Must have a topic sentence O Must have a clear conclusion or clincher sentence O Use those middle sentences as evidence and support

5. Summary O 5-7 sentences O Cover main ideas O Clear topic sentence O No opinions! Just the facts. O Not first person!

6. Summary: Topic Sentence O Topic Sentence = Central Idea O Include the title and the author! O “Short Stories” “News Articles” O Novels or Novels O It should cover all of the main ideas. O It should be a complete sentence.

7. Summary: How To O Before Reading: O Skim the passage. O Look at title. O Make Predictions.

8. Summary: How To O While Reading O ANNOTATE O Underline main ideas O Circle words you do not know O ????? Near questions you have: WRITE IN THE MARGIN O !!!!! Near reactions. WRITE IN THE MARGINS. O Your annotations will help you determine main ideas after read

9. Summary: How To O After Reading O Review Annotations O Create AT LEAST four solid main idea sentences about the text. O Review those main ideas and create a topic sentence that covers ALL of them. O Create a concluding sentence that wraps up the summary. (You do not need to restate title and author)

10. Summary: How To O Put it all together O Write out your topic sentence O Follow it with your four main ideas O Insert your conclusion sentence

11. Summary O You should ALWAYS be brainstorming and writing out main ideas first. O It is the BEST way to make sure your topic sentence works

12. PRACTICE O Read “Death by Scrabble” O ANNOTATE O Write out main ideas. O Create a summary. O COLLECTING: brainstorming work and actual summary.