Retell and Summarize

02/17 Summarize Literature

Objective

I will be able to summarize a story.

C.H.A.M.P.S.

• C - 0 - unless called on

• H - chat

• A - notes, quiz

• M - at computer

• P - answering questions, taking notes

• S - 80% or higher on the quiz

Expectations

Take Notes

Respond when called on

Use chat appropriately

Be visible on camera

Do your best on the quiz

Summarization

When you summarize a story, you retell it in a much shorter form. A summary tells the most important ideas and events in a story, but it does not give all the details found in the original story.

Multiple Choice

What is a summary?

• What two characters say to each other.

• The main idea of a story.

• The story retold in a shorter form.

• The setting of a story.

Story

Once upon a time a baby parrot sat alone in the bottom of a big basket. It lived at the pet store. It was waiting for someone to come along and take it home as a pet. At the same time, Mrs. Jackson was looking for a companion to fill her empty nest. Her son had left home for college, and she was pretty sure he was really gone for good! Mrs. Jackson saw an ad in the newspaper saying, "Darling baby parrots for sale." She went to visit the pet store the next day.

Story Continued

Mrs. Jackson saw many parrots that day, but the baby all alone in the big basket was the one she wanted! When the parrot had hatched nine weeks earlier, it had four brothers and sisters! Now it was the only one of them without a new home. Mrs. Jackson took out her checkbook and paid the store owner for the baby. She put it in a plastic carrying case. She hurried home to show her friends her new baby bird!

Summary of the Story

A baby parrot at a pet store was lonely. Mrs. Jackson was also lonely, so she went to the pet store and bought the baby parrot to keep her company.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best states the summary of the story?

Remember: A baby parrot at a pet store was lonely. Mrs. Jackson was also lonely, so she went to the pet store and bought the baby parrot to keep her company.

• Mrs. Jackson's son left for college.

• Mrs. Jackson bought a baby parrot because she was lonely.

• The baby parrot lived at the pet store.

• Mrs. Jackson's husband died fighting in a war.