The document instructs students to compare the objective summary they wrote for an article to a sample objective summary provided. It asks them to identify differences between the two summaries and how they can improve their own summary writing. It also provides annotations defining key terms like "havoc" and "dominated" that may be used when analyzing how central ideas develop over the course of a text.

1. DO NoW
Look at the objective summary located in the Do Now section of
your handout. Compare the objective summary to the objective
summary you wrote for the “History of Timbuktu” article.
What are the differences?
How can you improve?

2. Aim: Annotate the
AimSWBAT analyze the
development of the central
ideas over the course of the
text.

3. Hectic
characterized by
intense
excitement or
confusion

4. Dictated
Command with
authority

5. Havoc
Great
destruction or
devastation

6. Dominated
Ruled over or
controlled

7. Central idea development
Authors develop ideas across the
length of a text by adding details and
information in an organized way.

8. Central idea development
Authors cluster related
information in paragraphs or
sections.

9. Central idea development
Authors group information into
paragraphs. The paragraphs
contribute to the understanding of the
text’s central ideas.