briefly retelling a story using important details

a detailed piece of writing that tells a story

What main parts should be in your summary?

Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then

What question do you ask when identifying the SOMEBODY?

Who is the main character of the story?

Can anybody find me somebody to love?

What does the character do to solve the problem?

One day Mary was walking to school in her beautiful new red dress. As she was walking she tripped and fell into the mud. Her dress was soaked and all dirty. Mary began to cry and ran home. She knocked on the door and her mother let her in. Mary changed into her new blue dress and her mother drove her to school. Mary was now happy and clean and had a great day at school. What is the best summary of the story above.

Mary's dress got dirty when she fell walking to school. Mary went home to change and her mother drove her back to school where she had a great day despite the morning mishap.

Mary knew her mother didn't like her red dress so she fell in the mud on the way to school. Mary got dressed and changed her clothes only to stay home from school anyway.

Mary hated red dresses and she changed to a blue dress so she could wear it to school.

Mary wore her favorite dress to walk to school. She fell in the mud and went back home to change to her blue dress.

Fiction Elements

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English

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3rd - 5th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Medium

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CCSS

RL.5.3, RL.6.3, RL.4.2

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20 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

The resolution is...

the conflict or problem in a story

the most exciting part of a story/ the turning point of story

setting and characters

the solution to the problem

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The problem in a story is the...

theme

resolution

climax

conflict

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

What is the time and place of the story?

Rising Action

Plot

Conflict

Setting

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the lesson, message, or moral of a story?

exposition

theme

plot

rising action

Tags

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.6.9

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The plot is...

all of the events that make up a story.

the most exciting part of a story/ turning point of story.

setting and characters.

the solution to the problem.

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.5

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

True or False? There can be many themes found in one story.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.RL.3.9

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.4.9

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.5.9

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of these is the perspective from which the story is told?

Plot

Setting

Point of View

Theme

Tags

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

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The resolution is...

The problem in a story is the...

What is the time and place of the story?

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The plot is...

True or False? There can be many themes found in one story.

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