Summary & Reflection Assessment

Summary & Reflection Assessment

Choose one of the following articles and write a summary and reflection on Google Docs (remember to share with me). It is to be completed during class time.

Monopoly gets 5 new rules

or "Should Caroline be allowed to play football?" (printed version)

A good summary:  

• Your own language (no quoting or examples from text)
• Important character/people’s names
• Most Important Events/Details
• Most Important Words/Vocabulary
• Logically Organized
• You include an effective introductory and concluding sentence
• Conventions (Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation)

A good reflection:

• Shares opinion of text
• Always tries to uncover the Big Idea in a text
• Always tries to uncover the most important part of the text
• Challenge the text by asking questions
• Makes connections when talking about background knowledge
• What’s the author’s viewpoint?  Do they show a bias?