Summaries- Bloom's Taxonomy

When writing a summary for a LITERARY text, what is a good thing to consider?

• text features
• story elements
• topic
• details

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.11-12.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.9-10.2

The 'Why' is...

• not important
• the reason the action takes place or motivation for Who/Subject to do something
• the question presented in the text
• what the who is asking

What does "objective" mean?

• No opinions or reactions, just the facts.
• Giving your personal reflections on the topic. 
• No statistics used to support the idea.
• Having plenty of evidence to support your opinion.

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.6

A good objective summary....

• Is a summary sentence of the text that covers the key details.
• Identifies the topic, has all the key words, and is a complete sentence.
• Focus on the main idea of the text and only the details that support it. 
• Uses direct quotes from the text in order to let the audience know what it was about. 

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RL.11-12.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

Which one of the following is NOT a part of a summary?

• using your own words
• summary being shorter than the text
• exact words from the text
• including main ideas only

Tags

CCSS.RI. 9-10.2

CCSS.RI.7.2

CCSS.RI.8.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

The student will be able to transfer a main character to a new setting.

• knowledge
• comprehension
• application
• analysis

Summarize an article in your own words. 

• Understand
• Remember
• Apply

Place the events of the story in chronological order. 

• Create
• Evaluate
• Analyze

Defend your method of solving a math problem.

• Create
• Analyze
• Evaluate

Critique each other's paper, presentation or project 

• Create
• Evaluate
• Analyze