Summaries

Are all summaries small?

• Yes

• No

​Summaries include ​ (a)   and​ (b)   of the​ story as well as​ (c)   . ​

• The beginning
• End
• important details
• sentence fragments
• extra parts
• extra characters

If you missed story time and someone told you a bad summary, why might it be bad?

(There are two answers!)

• Their summary is too long

• Their end is not good

• Their summary is too short

• Their story is interesting

What if the events are out of order?

• The story is boring

• The story is not accurate

• The story is not good

• nothing...