1. Warm-up
Summarize one of your favorite stories in 3-5 sentences (can be a movie or a book).

2. Agenda Warm-up Notes: Summarizing Fiction Model SWBS Guided Practice
Complete handout
Model SWBS
Lion King
Guided Practice
Pixar Story
On a Bridge
Plot Structure
Complete SWBS independently

3. SUMMARIZING In order to SUMMARIZE a story properly…
We should move all the way from the BEGINNING to the END of the story/chapter
include the MAIN CHARACTER(s)
identify the CONFLICT, and tell how it is RESOLVED
...in about 5 sentences!

4. The SWBS Chart: An easy way to summarize
SOMEBODY
WANTED
BUT SO

5. Here’s the trick:
The summary has to move from the beginning to the end of the story.

6. What is wrong with this summary?
SOMEBODY
WANTED
BUT SO
Simba
Wants to visit the elephant graveyard
Gets attacked by Hyenas
Mufasa dies trying to save his son

7. How do we fix it?
Back up

8. Try to summarize a bigger area
Try again
Try to summarize a bigger area

9. Practicing with Pixar

10. Plot Structure: On the Bridge

11. On Your Own
Complete the Somebody Wanted But So graphic organizer for the story.

12. Warm-up
Write a summary of your favorite story (the one you chose in yesterday’s warm-up) using the chart below.
SOMEBODY
WANTED
BUT SO

13. AGENDA Warm-up Review SWBS Expanding Our Summary
1 Sentence Per Box!
Lion King (small  big)
Creating a paragraph
Summarizing Part 2: “On the Bridge”
Complete Graphic Organizer
Re-write into paragraph

14. Summarizing Fiction Part 2

15. SWBS Chart
SOMEBODY
WANTED
BUT SO

16. Elaborating on our Summary
Somebody-Wanted-But-So can create a one sentence summary of the story.
Now we will create a four-five sentence summary.
One Sentence per box!

17. Why is this summary better?
SOMEBODY
WANTED
BUT SO
Simba
Was supposed to be king of Pride Rock
Scar killed Mufasa and took over instead
Simba fought him and took his rightful place as king

18. Full Summary SOMEBODY WANTED BUT SO
Simba is Mufasa’s son, who is anointed heir to the throne of Pride Rock at his birth.
He wants to live up to his father’s expectations and be as good and noble a king as his father.
Scar wants to be king, so he kills Mufasa and makes Simba think that it’s his fault. Simba feels guilty and runs away.
Simba finally realizes that he must save Pride Rock and returns home. He discovers the truth about his dad, fights Scar, and becomes king.

19. Turn It Into a Paragraph
Simba is Mufasa’s son, who is anointed king of Pride Rock at his birth. He wants to live up to his father’s expectations and be as good and noble a king as his father. Scar wants to be king, so he kills Mufasa and makes Simba think that it’s his fault. Simba feels guilty and runs away. Simba finally realizes that he must save Pride Rock and returns home. He discovers the truth about his dad, fights Scar, and becomes king.

20. Now YOU! Read “The Escape”
Complete “Somebody Wanted But So” graphic organizer
1 sentence per box (4 total!)
Put words into a paragraph form at the bottom of the page.