Lesson Details

Summarizing

2016-2017

B/H. Humanities 7-7

Date

Sept. 19, 2016

Additional Info

A summary is a shortened version of the story. It retells all the important parts of the story.

A summary:

  • Is told in sequence Can include the main idea, supporting details, and theme of the story
  • Can be written in 3-5 sentences using the Somebody-Wanted-But-So-Then format.

Somebody: Who is the main character?
Wanted: what did they want?
But: what was the problem?
So: How did the character try to solve the problem?
Then: What was the resolution to the story?

Read Toad's Garden and summarize it using the Somebody Wanted But So then Format,

http://www.kspu.ru/upload/documents/2010/01/18/8f8eb904a6bf69f48a14396a24e2e3f8/11.pdf