4 speeches -- summarizing seminal documents 10th grade English

1. Summarizing Seminal
Documents
English II

2. OBJ/DoL
SWBAT summarize main ideas in a seminal
document.
Given a document, SW answer 2 MC questions about
summarizing and write their own proficient summary
of the passage.
How: Using some strategies we’ve looked at
before, we’ll be reading some short texts and creating
different types of summaries
Why: In some cases, we read but don’t understand.
By summarizing per paragraph as we go, we’ll have a
deeper understanding by the end.

3. When Summarizing, Use
The
M Main idea:
Identify main idea from TOPIC SENTENCE (if there
is one) or use BASIC SIGNAL WORDS
I Identify SUPPORTING DETAILS
D Disregard unimportant information
A Analyze redundant information
S Simplify, categorize, and label important information

4. Other Summary Methods
We’ve Used…
5W’s – Who, What, Where, When, Why
Summary with Words – a visual summary where
you draw the most important information
10Cents Per Word – you’re given a dollar
amount you can spend (like a classified ad) and
then you must summarize and stay under budget
SWBS – Somebody Wanted But So

5. Purple Prose
Purple prose is a term of literary criticism used to
describe passages written in prose so
extravagant, ornate, or flowery as to break the
flow and draw attention to itself. Purple prose is
sensually evocative beyond the requirements of
its context.
It also refers to writing that employs certain
rhetorical effects such as exaggerated sentiment
or pathos in an attempt to manipulate a reader's
response.
The following passage is one of the most
important and well-recognized examples of
purple prose in US history, and it was used in a
courtroom.

6. Old Drum Argument
Gentlemen of the Jury: The best friend a man has in
the world may turn against him and become his enemy.
His son or daughter that he has reared with loving care
may prove ungrateful. Those who are nearest and
dearest to us, those whom we trust with our happiness
and our good name may become traitors to their faith.
The money that a man has, he may lose. It flies away
from him, perhaps when he needs it most. A man's
reputation may be sacrificed in a moment of ill-
considered action. The people who are prone to fall on
their knees to do us honor when success is with
us, may be the first to throw the stone of malice when
failure settles its cloud upon our heads.
Who.What.Where.When.Why. this speech in one
complete sentence on your whiteboard.

7. Old Drum, pt 2
The one absolutely unselfish friend that man can have
in this selfish world, the one that never deserts him,
the one that never proves ungrateful or treacherous is
his dog. A man's dog stands by him in prosperity and
in poverty, in health and in sickness. He will sleep on
the cold ground, where the wintry winds blow and the
snow drives fiercely, if only he may be near his
master's side. He will kiss the hand that has no food to
offer. He will lick the wounds and sores that come in
encounters with the roughness of the world. He guards
the sleep of his pauper master as if he were a prince.
When all other friends desert, he remains. When riches
take wings, and reputation falls to pieces, he is as
constant in his love as the sun in its journey through
the heavens.
Choose your favorite summary method you remember
to summarize this information.

8. Old Drum, pt 3
If fortune drives the master forth, an outcast
in the world, friendless and homeless, the
faithful dog asks no higher privilege than that
of accompanying him, to guard him against
danger, to fight against his enemies. And
when the last scene of all comes, and death
takes his master in its embrace and his body
is laid away in the cold ground, no matter if
all other friends pursue their way, there by the
graveside will the noble dog be found, his
head between his paws, his eyes sad, but
open in alert watchfulness, faithful and true
even in death.

9. Old Drum Application
Based on the speech we just read, what is a
saying or sentiment that you think may have
been influenced by this speech?

10. ―Ain’t I A Woman‖
On the next slide, you’ll see Sojourner Truth’s
―Ain’t I A Woman‖ Speech.
Your job is to edit down her speech to a
maximum of 20 words. You do not need to begin
with ―she said,‖ just make it shorter. This should
go in your notebook.
x

11. Well, children, where there is so much racket there must be
something out of kilter. I think that 'twixt the negroes of the South
and the women at the North, all talking about rights, the white
men will be in a fix pretty soon. But what's all this here talking
about?
That man over there says that women need to be helped into
carriages, and lifted over ditches, and to have the best place
everywhere. Nobody ever helps me into carriages, or over mud-
puddles, or gives me any best place! And ain't I a woman? Look
at me! Look at my arm! I have ploughed and planted, and
gathered into barns, and no man could head me! And ain't I a
woman? I could work as much and eat as much as a man - when I
could get it - and bear the lash as well! And ain't I a woman? I
have borne thirteen children, and seen most all sold off to
slavery, and when I cried out with my mother's grief, none but
Jesus heard me! And ain't I a woman?
Then they talk about this thing in the head; what's this they call it?
[member of audience whispers, "intellect"] That's it, honey.
What's that got to do with women's rights or negroes' rights? If
my cup won't hold but a pint, and yours holds a quart, wouldn't
you be mean not to let me have my little half measure full?
Then that little man in black there, he says women can't have as
much rights as men, 'cause Christ wasn't a woman! Where did
your Christ come from? Where did your Christ come from? From
God and a woman! Man had nothing to do with Him.
If the first woman God ever made was strong enough to turn the
world upside down all alone, these women together ought to be
able to turn it back , and get it right side up again! And now they

12. Using Summaries…
Look at your partner’s summary and highlight all
the words you used that were the same. Words
like and, the, and or do not count. Hold up on
your hands how many common words you used.

13. Declaration of
Independence Clip
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yb7MI8NQLoo
After watching the clip, please create a 15-20
word summary of the video you just saw on your
whiteboard.

14. Declaration of
Independence
Using your scrap of paper, please fold it into four
pieces. Each quadrant will represent one part of the
SWBS strategy. Use the info on the next two slides to
create your graphic organizer.
When in the Course of human events it becomes
necessary for one people to dissolve the political
bands which have connected them with another and
to assume among the powers of the earth, the
separate and equal station to which the Laws of
Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent
respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel them to the
separation.

15. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created
equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain
unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the
pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these
rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their
just powers from the consent of the governed, — That
whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of
these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish
it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on
such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to
them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and
Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments
long established should not be changed for light and transient
causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that
mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable
than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they
are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and
usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a
design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their
right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to
provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been
the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the
necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems
of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain

16. SWBS
On your whiteboard, using your information on
your sheet, please create a summary in two
sentences. Be sure to include all necessary
information and use your SWBS chart for
support.