Summarizing (general facts):
- Summarizing= a shorter version: main ideas in your own words.
- It Takes Practice!!!
- Writing an accurate summary is one of the most crucial skills that you can master in high school.
- Helps prepare you to read and write about the more complex texts you’ll encounter in life, whether its explanations of bills or house deeds, or college texts and essays
Summarizing *fiction*
Use the "Somebody...Wanted...But...So....Then...." Format
"Somebody"Address the MAIN CHARACTER, or PROTAGONIST of the story
"wanted"Address what it was that the main character initially wanted to do
"But"Address the conflict that stopped the protagonist from doing what they wanted
"So"Address what the character to try and solve the problem
"then"Address how the story ended
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1st: OUTLINE:
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2nd: Turn the OUTLINE into a PARAGRAPH:
Della Dillingham wanted to buy her husband, Jim, something nice for Christmas, but she only was able to save $1.87. So, she sold her hair and bought him a chain for his watch. Then, she found out that Jim had sold his watch in order to buy her hair combs. |
summarizing: non-fiction
5W, H:
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1st: Fill in the 5W,H information OUTLINE:
Work the 5W,H information into a paragraph: Emmett Till was a 14 year old African American boy who was killed while visiting his Uncle Mose in Money, Mississippi in the summer of 1955. He was killed because he "wolf-whistled" at Carolyn Bryant, a white store owner. Though his murderers were never served a punishment, his death sparked many civil rights events such as the Montgomery Bus Boycott and the Brown vs. Board of Education case. |