1. Summarizing a chapter from a novel

2. Differences Author’s purpose is different in a novel or creative work
Not organized by ideas or supporting a main idea
Organized by telling a story

3. What you’ll do differently
Follow the movements of key characters
New actions or thinking by the main characters will indicate a new major detail
Look where the author makes a new paragraph. This will often indicate a something new is happening.
Write in 3rd person, even if the story is in 1st person
He, she, they etc.

4. What you’ll do that’s the same
Only include major details (major events or ideas from the main characters)
Generalize details
Use present tense
Only quote if necessary
Use your own words
No opinion from you

5. For Example
Look at paragraph #2 in Chapter 4 of A Long Way Gone. Notice that there id description about what the children ate and how they looked for food. These are details.
How can you summarize this paragraph by replacing the details with general nouns and verbs?

6. Summary of Paragraph 2
They are sleeping in abandoned villages, using what they find there for food.

7. Summarizing a novel chapter
Introduction
Body
State the name of the novel, the author and the chapter title/number that you’re summarizing
Major events