Instructions for completing “Sentence Summary” Activity:

1.  Get your classroom book from the shelf in the back of the room (your book # is next to your name on the list).

2.  Put your name and class period in the very top right hand corner of the page.

3.  Put the date and the number in parenthesis (from the front board) at the very top left hand corner of the page.

4.  Put the Chapter #, Section # and Section Title on the first line of your paper.

a.  Ex: Chapter 25, Section 6, The Modern Era of Russia

5.  Starting with the first paragraph under the section title, read each paragraph in the section – one by one.

a.  After you read a paragraph, stop and quickly create a one-sentence summary of the most important idea/concept from what you read.

·  Don’t summarize a paragraph with another paragraph but make sure it is a full, complete sentence.

b.  Start numbering in the left side margin for each sentence you create.

·  Your numbers should correspond with the paragraphs in each section (the same number as in the parenthesis).

c.  When there is a ‘bold-faced term’ in the paragraph, include it and it’s definition as your summary sentence for that paragraph (this is creating definitions for vocabulary terms for the chapter).

·  Make sure you define the term “in the context of what you read”.

·  Highlight the term (or ‘box it’ if you don’t have a highlighter) after you write out the definition.

d.  When you see a “Checkpoint Question” in the book, use a line on your paper and write out “checkpoint” of “CQ” on that line.

·  Go back into your notes and circle the info that answers the question. Then draw an arrow to the word/letters you used.

e.  Move on to the next paragraph and repeat the process until you have one sentence for each paragraph of the section.

6.  Make sure that you start each ‘chapter section assignment’ on a new sheet of paper.

7.  Put your book back on the shelf before you leave class (my textbooks never leave the room!).

8.  Be ready to turn them in on time (for full credit). If you don’t get them finished on time, you can turn them in late (for half credit) all the way up until Portfolios for that Unit are collected.

REMEMBER – these are your notes for your Portfolio! If you turn in a complete Portfolio, you will get to use these notes on your Unit TEST!!!