PowerWriting is a numbered approach to writing. Consider it an outline to help you collect and control your ideas as you package them for presentation.
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The video below reveals how to structure a PowerGraph, taking you though multiple stages of the process.
This week is a busy week. Here's what lies ahead... Here are your "I Can..." Statements for the week. These three objective are the reason for all the work you engage in throughout this week.
This week you're going to practice what you learned last week about objective summaries!
I know you're as excited as I am!!!
Weekly Learning Intentions
Vocabulary
Weekly Objectives
* I can recall the meaning of vocabulary words with accuracy
* I effectively apply the Think and Search Strategy and apply the correct usage of words to current vocabulary words.
Reading
Weekly Objective
* I can annotate a non-fiction article to identify significant information to be included in an objective summary.
Writing/English
Weekly Objectives
* I can generate a graphic organizer of information based on annotation of non-fiction text.
* I can use Writing Tools to create sentence variety in my objective summary.
* I can generate an objective summary from the graphic organizer created from annotation.
* I can submit my written summary to a plagiarism checker to evaluate my skills of paraphrasing
\You Just finished the Unit 5 Spelling and Vocabulary Assessments
Now it's Time for Taks #2...
Writing an Objective Summary
This is the plan
1. Log in to MyHRW
2. Find a quality news article
3. Print it up to room 201 - Get it from room 201
4. Preview, Read, and Annotate
5. Create a graphic organizer of your annotation
6. Write and objective summary in a Word document.
7. You will turn in the article, your graphic organizer, and a copy of your objective summary
You will turn in
3 components for this assignment
Tomorrow You will submit your paragraph to the plagiarism check to observe how your paragraph is analyzed.
An objective summary is a written paragraph that is without emotion.
You will be asked to write these types of summaries throughout your educational career. There are going to be times in your personal life when you'll need to call on your objective writing skills.
Today's post includes the graphic organizers we discussed in class today. Use these as a guide and writing objective summary paragraphs will a simple task in the future.
FIRST SENTENCE
Your first sentence in structured like this:
If you created a formula out of it, it would look like this...
Title/Author + Verb + Central Idea
KEY DETAILS
Key details come directly from the text, BUT they are NOT explicit quotations with citation.
You must paraphrase.
You must use Writing Tools.
You must use transitions.
When collecting information you can create a bulleted list and include main points/events like the graphic below.
Identify Structure
As you read your passage or article, identify how the information is structure and what the purpose is of the article. You consideration will lead you to the most appropriate verb for your summary. This is the verb you will use at the start of your summary.
A piece of writing may be representative of multiple verbs, but your task is to choose the most appropriate one for the resources you're summarizing.
Below is a picture of the entire graphic organizer we worked through today. You copied it in your English spirals. Use this for future reference when completing your Science Article Summaries
Jimmy Valentine is the main character in this story. He is a man who faces many decision that change his life and the lives of others.
As a reader, you need to draw a conclusion about this skilled safe-cracker. After doing time, he makes life choices that lead him down a familiar path.
