1. Summary

2. To help identify a summary think:
Summary A summary is a shortened version of the story. It retells all the important parts of the story.
A summary:
is told in sequence
can include the main idea, supporting details and theme of the story
can be written 3-5 sentences
To help identify a summary think: B
Beginning
Who are the characters?
What is the setting?
What is the problem?
Example: Chapter 5
__Winnie explores the woods and finds the tree and Jesse. ____ Winnie is thirsty and asks for some of the water Jesse is drinking from the spring, but he won’t let her drink. __Mae and Miles arrive and see that Winnie wants to drink from the Spring and they decide to kidnap her to keep the Spring a secret.
Middle
What important events happen to the characters?
End
How is the problem resolved?
How have the characters changed? B M M E E

3. Pick the best summary of Chapter 2
Mae is waking up and she wakes up her husband Angus. Mae pulls her hair back into bun at the back of her head. Then, she pulls on her blue hat.
Mae wakes up and she wakes up her husband Angus. She says she is going to take the horse and ride down to the wood to meet her boys. Mae gets dressed without needing to look at her self in the mirror.
Mae gets dressed. Mae tucks her music box into her pocket. Mae decides to put on her shawl.
Mae wakes up and excitedly wakes up her husband because her boys are coming home. Mae gets up and gets dressed. Angus is grumpy that Mae has woken him up from his good dream. B M E A C D B M E A X
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4. Pick the best summary of Chapter 4
Winnie meets the man in the yellow suit. Winnie, her grandmother and the man in the yellow suit hear elf music. Winnie and her grandmother go inside leaving the man in the yellow suit outside.
Winnie, her Grandmother and the man in the yellow suit hear elf music. Winnie thinks it sounds like a music box. The man in the yellow suit discusses with Winnie and her Grandmother whether they have lived in Treegap for a long time.
Winnie is outside playing in the evening and catching fireflies. The man in the yellow suit stops and asks Winnie some questions. Winnie’s grandmother comes outside and meets the man in the yellow suit.
Winnie, Grandmother and the man in the yellow suit hear elf music. Grandmother comments on how long it has been since she has heard her elf music. The man in the yellow suit leaves the Foster’s house and walks up the road. B M E A C D B M E A X
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5. Pick the best summary of Chapter 6
Winnie is seized, put on a pony and Winnie and the Tucks take off down the road. The Tucks and Winnie stop by a stream and try to get Winnie to understand why they had to take her with them. Mae uses her music box to help Winnie to calm down and stop crying.
Winnie is kidnapped by the Tucks. The Tucks try to reassure Winnie to not be scared and that they won’t harm her for the world. They decide to stop at a stream and try to get Winnie to understand why they had to take her with them.
Winnie sees the man in the yellow suit but is to shocked to call out to him for help. Mae plays her music box to help Winnie stop crying. Jesse tells Winnie that she has to help them and they get ready to tell her why.
Winnie is kidnapped by the Tucks. Winnie decides that her visions of being kidnapped don’t match her actual kidnapping. The Tucks are pleading with Winnie to not be scared and promising that they wont hurt for the world. B M E A C D

6. Pick the best summary of Chapter 6
Winnie is seized, put on a pony and Winnie and the Tucks take off down the road. The Tucks and Winnie stop by a stream and try to get Winnie to understand why they had to take her with them. Mae uses her music box to help Winnie to calm down and stop crying.
Winnie is kidnapped by the Tucks. The Tucks try to reassure Winnie to not be scared and that they won’t harm her for the world. They decide to stop at a stream and try to get Winnie to understand why they had to take her with them.
Winnie sees the man in the yellow suit but is to shocked to call out to him for help. Mae plays her music box to help Winnie stop crying. Jesse tells Winnie that she has to help them and they get ready to tell her why.
Winnie is kidnapped by the Tucks. Winnie decides that her visions of being kidnapped don’t match her actual kidnapping. The Tucks are pleading with Winnie to not be scared and promising that they wont hurt for the world. B M E A X
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7. Pick the best summary of Chapter 11
Winnie goes to the Pond to have a talk with Tuck. Mae remembers that they ran into a man on the road with Winnie. Angus tells Winnie he will take her home just as fast as he can.
Winnie eats dinner with the Tucks at their house. Winnie tells the Tucks she wants to go home. Winnie begins to realize they expect her to stay and spin the night in their dirty, peculiar house.
Winnie eats dinner with the Tucks. Winnie decides that she really wants to go home. The Tuck men decide who will get to take Winnie for a rowboat ride.
Winnie eats dinner with the Tucks. Angus Tuck decides he will take Winnie for a rowboat ride on the pond and explain why she can’t tell anyone about the spring. Angus tells Winnie it’s time to go to the pond. B M E A C D

9. Pick the best summary of Chapter 11
Winnie goes to the Pond to have a talk with Tuck. Mae remembers that they ran into a man on the road with Winnie. Angus tells Winnie he will take her home just as fast as he can.
Winnie eats dinner with the Tucks at their house. Winnie tells the Tucks she wants to go home. Winnie begins to realize they expect her to stay and spin the night in their dirty, peculiar house.
Winnie eats dinner with the Tucks. Winnie decides that she really wants to go home. The Tuck men decide who will get to take Winnie for a rowboat ride.
Winnie eats dinner with the Tucks. Angus Tuck decides he will take Winnie for a rowboat ride on the pond and explain why she can’t tell anyone about the spring. Angus tells Winnie it’s time to go to the pond. B M E A X
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10. Pick the best summary of Chapter 7
Tucks arrive in Treegap and pass by the woods, where all four of them drink from the spring. The family slowly figure out that something strange is happening—they're incapable of getting hurt and they never grow older. The realize that drinking from the spring made them stop getting older. Tuck decides to test their situation by shooting himself in the heart and this doesn't kill him. Jesse finishes telling Winnie the story by explaining that at that point, the whole family knew they would never die. They decided then and there that they had to keep it all a secret.
Tucks arrive in Treegap and pass my the woods, where all four of them drink from the spring. The Tucks have a series of accidents and they realize they can’t die or get injured. Mile’s wife leaves him and takes their children with her. Jesse never got married. The cat lived a happy life on the farm and then died.
Tucks arrive in Treegap and pass my the woods, where all four of them drink from the spring. Tuck shoots himself in the heart to test their theory. Jesse tells Winnie that he was telling the truth when he told her was 104 years old.
Tucks arrive in Treegap and pass my the woods, where all four of them drink from the spring. The only one from the Tuck family that didn’t drink from the spring was the cat. The Tucks marked the tree with a T to mark where they had camped. The Tucks had a series of accidents and they realize they can’t die or get injured. Miles gets married but his wife leaves him when her never grows old.

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