1. Introduction/Setting
Summarize with SWBST
Use SWBST as an outline of the important aspects of the text to help with summarizing
Somebody
Wanted
But So
Then
Component
Purpose
Part of Story
Somebody
Main character(s)
Introduction/Setting
Wanted
Character’s goals
Theme/plot
But
Conflict of story
Rising action So
How character reacts
climax
Then
Result of conflict
resolution

2. Example
Alexander Fleming, a young Scottish scientist, was researching the theory that nasal mucus had antibacterial properties. He left a culture plate of Staphylococcus bacteria on his lab bench while he went on a two-week vacation.
When he returned, he noticed the growth of a mold, Penicillium notatum, that had accidentally contaminated the plate while he was gone. When the Staphylococcus bacteria grew, it covered the entire plate except for the area surrounding the mold.
Fleming correctly concluded that the mold must have released a substance that prevented the growth of the bacteria. He named this substance penicillin. Penicillin is now known as one of the most important life-saving drugs in the world for the treatment of bacterial infections.

3. Example Somebody Wanted But So Then Alexander Fleming
To show nasal mucus had antibacterial properties
bacteria contaminated his culture and grew everywhere but where there was mold
He concluded something stopped the bacteria from growing
He named it penicillin