1. Summarizing

2. SUM it up – S U M Summarizing
Summarizing – what does it mean? Summary – a brief overview of the story as a whole.
SUM it up – S
- Shorter than the text U
- Use your own words M
- Main (central) ideas only

3. Summarizing
Example: Cinderella wanted to go to the ball, but her evil stepmother wouldn’t allow her to go, so her fairy godmother showed up and used magic to give her a dress, shoes, and a carriage so she could go. Then… she met the Prince, they fell in love, and lived happily ever after.
Almost all fiction stories can be summarized with SOMEBODY-WANTED- BUT- SO- THEN

4. Summarizing SOMEBODY-WANTED- BUT- SO- THEN
Example: Little Red Riding Hood wanted to take her Granny some treats… but she met a wolf who tricked her by locking her Granny up and pretending to be Granny so he could eat her… so Little Red got away and a woodcutter who was working nearby killed the wolf… Then Little Read saved her Granny and they lived happily ever after…
SOMEBODY-WANTED- BUT- SO- THEN

5. Somebody –Wanted-But-So-Then
“Glued”
Directions:
Watch this amazing video.
Focus on what is happening. Be prepared
to answer each of the following:
Somebody –Wanted-But-So-Then

6. Somebody –Wanted-But-So-Then
“Lifted”
Directions:
Watch this amazing video.
Focus on what is happening. Be prepared
to answer each of the following:
Somebody –Wanted-But-So-Then

7. Somebody –Wanted-But-So-Then
“Rooted”
Directions:
Watch this amazing video.
Focus on what is happening. Be prepared
to answer each of the following:
Somebody –Wanted-But-So-Then