Summarizing

Which of the following is true about SUMMARIZING?

• A summary should include many story details.

• A summary is always found in the first sentence of a paragraph or chapter.

• A summary should always be fiction.

• A summary is what the passage is mostly about.

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing

• the entire text told in your own words

• a dumb thing that teachers make you write

• the main ideas and important details of a text (SWBST)

A summary should not include the main character of the story.

• True

• False

An easy way to remember summary for fiction is...

• Someone, Wanted, But, So, Then

• Somebody, Went, But, Somehow, Those

• Someone, Wanted, Then, End

• So, Wanted, But, Then

Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. When he went outside in the morning for his daily walk, he discovered that it was raining. But when he turned around to go back inside, the front door wouldn’t open. Mr. Jingles ran around in the rain for a few minutes before he was completely soaked. Next he went searching in the bushes for a snack. But all of the sparrows in the bushes pecked at him and drove him away. Finally Mr. Jingles let out a long sad howl.“Oh Mr. Jingles!” Betsy Bemire opened the front door and found her poor cat, Mr. Jingles, soaking wet and hungry on the front steps. “Come inside and have some food. You can curl up by the fire and take a nap.” Which is the best summary of this story?

• Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. He was rained on, locked outside, and couldn’t catch a bird. When he couldn't take it anymore, he let out a long, sad howl. Then, his owner, Betsy, let him back inside for some food and a nap.

• Mr. Jingles was having a bad day. When he went outside in the morning for his daily walk, he discovered that it was raining.

• Mr. Jingles is a cat. He was having a bad day, but then things turned around for him.

• Mr. Jingles was locked out in the rain and couldn't find anything to eat. Finally, after a sad howl at the door, Betsy, his owner, let him in. She said that he could curl up by the fire and take a nap.

When you ______________, you provide a brief statement of the main ideas or events and the most important details.

• summarize

• paraphrase

A summary is:

• an extended statement covering all the points.

• a brief statement of the main points or events in a text.

• one moment.

• a list of issues.

A good summary of a story will...

• Focus on small details from one part of the story, usually the middle

• Focus mainly on the end of the story

• Be really long

• Briefly mention the main details from throughout the story - Beginning-Middle-End

SUMMARIZE

• comment upon something or explain its meaning

• give the main points or highlights of a longer work

• give examples or to describe something

Brief statement of the main points, telling the story in your own words

• Inference

• Adage

• Proverb

• Summarize