For Advanced class

For Advanced class

A summary is a short and sweet retelling of a text. It only includes the most important details. Use the writing 

strategy of "Somebody Wanted But So Then" to help you write a short fiction summary!

Elias was assigned a big project in his social studies class. He wanted to do well on the project, but he knew it was a lot of work. He thought it would be boring, too. Elias had two weeks until the due date. Elias could have gone home and started the project. Instead, he put it off. He went skateboarding with

his friends at the park, and he played video games with his brother.

When his mom suggested he clean his room, Elias happily cleaned. He chose to do anything other than the project. Elias suddenly panicked as he remembered the due date. The project was due tomorrow! He hadn't even started.

He was too afraid to tell his mom. She would not be happy about this. Immediately, Elias began scrambling to figure out how he could get the project done on time. At school the next day, Elias turned in his finished product. Elias was not proud of the work he had completed. He believed it would have been much better if he spent more time on it. Elias wished that he had been more responsible.

Multiple Choice

Who is "Somebody" in this story?

• Elias

• His mom

• His brother

Open Ended

But - But what did Elias think about that? ( write you own idea)

Open Ended

So- What did he decide to do instead of starting to work on his project?

Multiple Choice

Then- What happened to Elias in the end?

• He forgot to do the project.

• He handed in his unprepared project.

• He failed the exam.

• His mom got angry with him.

Multiple Choice

Elias wished that he _________

• had been more responsible.

• was more responsible.

• he is more responsible.

Multiple Choice

Elias was happy that he could hand in his assignment on time.

• True

• False

Fill in the missing punctuation. Use some or all of the following:

Period . Exclamation mark !

Question mark ?

Apostrophe ‘

Comma , Quotation marks “ ”

Semi Colon ; Colon :

Jack and the Beanstalk

Folk Tale

Once upon a time there was a poor widow who had an only son named Jack and a cow named Milky White And all they had to live on was the milk the cow gave every morning which they carried to the market and sold But one morning 

Milky White gave no milk and they didn’t know what to do

What shall we do What shall we do said the widow wringing her hands Cheer up mother Ill go and get work somewhere said Jack

Weve tried that before and nobody would take you said his mother We must sell Milky White and with the money start a shop All right mother said Jack Its market day today and Ill soon sell Milky White and then well see what we can do So he took the cows halter in his hand and off he started He hadnt gone far when he met a funny looking old man

Oh you look the proper sort of chap to sell cows said the man I wonder if you know how many beans make five Two in each hand and one in your mouth said Jack as sharp as a needle

And here they are the very beans themselves he went on pulling out of his pocket a number of strange looking beans I don't mind doing a swap with you Your cow for these beans he said

Solve the word problems

Choose the correct form of the words in the brackets.

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