Summarizing Fiction using BME

What does BME stand for?

• beginning, middle, conflict

• beginning, middle, end

• beginning, middle, exposition

• burrito, mayo, end

What do you NOT put in a summary? Select TWO.

• super specific details

• exact words from the text

• your own words

• the conflict and how it was solved

What do you need to include for B?

Select 2

• the main character(s)

• what's happening

• the conflict

• how it ends

Match the following to the order they go in

• Goes LAST

• M - Middle

• Goes SECOND

• B- Beginning

• Goes FIRST

• E - End

What is wrong with this summary of "Piper"?

Piper, a baby bird, must get food on her own for the first time. The first time she tries she gets hit by a wave. Then she brushes herself off and tries again, but she gets scared again. Then she finds the hermit crabs which she is curious about. Next, the hermit crabs and her go under a wave. Then she learns how to get food on her own from them. By the end, she is getting food for everyone.

• details included are TOO specific - makes it confusing

• does not include the conflict or how it is solved

• does not put in their own words

What is RIGHT about this summary? Select ALL that APPLY.

Piper, a baby bird, figures out her mom is not going to feed her anymore. Piper struggles with learning how to get food on her own, but eventually learns from the hermit crabs a technique that helps her acquire food. By the end, she is stacking food up for the adults because she was so successful.

• It contains information from the beginning, middle, and end

• It IS NOT too specific, details are concise

• It is not right, this summary needs some work

• It uses words from the film to get their point across

What is RIGHT about this summary? Select ALL that APPLY.

Piper, a baby bird, figures out her mom is not going to feed her anymore. Piper struggles with learning how to get food on her own, but eventually learns from the hermit crabs a technique that helps her acquire food. By the end, she is stacking food up for the adults because she was so successful.

• It contains information from the beginning, middle, and end

• It IS NOT too specific, details are concise

• It is not right, this summary needs some work

• It uses words from the film to get their point across

Match the TOO SPECIFIC details with the CONCISE and PARAPHRASED version.

• Piper, a baby bird, learns she must get food on her own for the first time.

• The first time she tries she gets hit by a wave. Then she brushes herself off and tries again, but she gets scared again.

• ...eventually she learns from the hermit crabs a technique that helps her acquire food.

• Then she finds the hermit crabs which she is curious about. Next, the hermit crabs and her go under a wave. Then she learns how to get food on her own from them

• Piper struggles with learning how to get food on her own...

• Piper, a baby bird, opens her mouth to be fed. Her mom doesn't come to her, so she goes to her mom. She opens her mouth again and isn't fed.