1. Summarizing Strategies for Narratives and Informative texts
SWBST and GIST
Summarizing Strategies for Narratives and Informative texts
Notes August 28th

2. Quick definitions! What is a narrative text?
A narrative is a spoken or written account of connected events; a story.
What is an informative text?
An informative text educates the reader about a specific topic. 

3. What is a Summary?
a brief statement or account of the main points of a text
Shorter than the original
Use most important details
Main ideas only

4. When should you summarize?
Anytime you read/view a text, you should be thinking of the main idea and key details.
Doing so activates your brain and allows you to begin the process of breaking down the text.

5. When you want to summarize a narrative text, use the SWBST strategy
When you want to summarize a narrative text, use the SWBST strategy! Narrative= SWBST When you want to summarize an informative text, use the GIST strategy!  informative= GIST

6. SWBST: At a Glance Wanted But So Then Somebody
main character, speaker, or author
motivation: what does this person want?
the problem: what is standing in the way of success, what is the conflict ?
how the problem is solved?
resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened?

7. SWBST: Example Wanted But So Then Somebody
main character, speaker, or author
motivation: the gist of the issue; what somebody is trying to accomplish, achieve, or acquire
the problem: what is standing in the way of success, the conflict or opposition
how the problem is solved
resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened
Cinderella
Wanted to go to the ball.
However, her stepmother wouldn’t let her go.
So, her fairy godmother helped her.
In the end, she married the prince and lived happily ever after.
This is a slide you would share with your students as an example slide of the strategy works with a familiar text.

8. Let’s watch the Mulan Video!

9.                 Lil Hood
Lil Red Riding Hood was going to take her Granny some treats because she lived across town. On her way, she met a wolf who wanted to eat her. He snuck into her Granny's house, locked her up, dressed up in her clothes and pretended to be Granny. Lil Red was not fooled too easily and ended up getting away. She found a woodcutter who was working nearby, and they went back to go kill the wolf. Finally, lil red riding hood saved her Granny and they lived happily ever after. 

10. Answer
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, Little Red got away and a woodcutter who was working nearby killed the wolf. Then, little red riding hood saved her Granny and they lived happily ever after.

11. SWBST: Ball Toss Review
What is a summary?
When should you summarize?
In the SWBST strategy, what does the S represent? In the SWBST strategy, what does the W represent?
In the SWBST strategy, what does the B represent?
In the SWBST strategy, what does the S represent? In the SWBST strategy, what does the T represent?
To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on.

12. The GIST strategy overview
Use this when reading informative or informational texts!
To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on.

13. The GIST strategy overview
Answer these questions as you read…. Who? What? When? Where? Why How? After you answer these questions … Write the 20 most important words!! EASY!
To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on.

14. The GIST strategy practice
Youtube video- start minute at 3:39 Take notes and follow along!
To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on.

15. Try to use the GIST strategy with each paragraph- NOT EVERY QUESTION WILL BE ANSWERED/ YOUR QUESTIONS WILL BE ANSWERED OUT OF ORDER.
In 1694, a philosopher named Wilhelm Homberg discovered that light darkened certain chemicals when developing a photograph. This discovery helped others begin creating better photographs. In 1826, the first photograph was taken by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He used a polished metal plate and an oil called bitumen, which reacts to light. Photographic technology then advanced quickly, and ways of taking and developing pictures became cheaper and easier. Photography studios begin to pop up in urban areas, and “photographer” becomes a real profession. In 1900, George Eastman invented the Brownie camera, a small, portable camera that was easy to use.Now, anyone could capture a moment with a photograph. Though color photography was invented in the late 1800s, color film didn’t take off until the 1950s.
To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on.

16. Try to use the GIST strategy with each paragraph Answers:
In 1694, a philosopher named Wilhelm Homberg discovered that light darkened certain chemicals when exposed. This discovery helped others begin creating better photographs. In 1826, the first photograph was taken by French inventor Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. He used a polished metal plate and an oil called bitumen, which reacts to light. Photographic technology then advanced quickly, and ways of taking and developing pictures became cheaper and easier. Photography studios begin to pop up in urban areas, and “photographer” becomes a real profession. In 1900, George Eastman invented the Brownie camera, a small, portable camera that was easy to use.Now, anyone could capture a moment with a photograph. Though color photography was invented in the late 1800s, color film didn’t take off until the 1950s.
To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on.

17. GIST and SWBST Independent Practice
On your own…reread the Obama speech and complete the worksheet that helps you give summary of the speech using the GIST strategy.      
On your own…reread the story “A Bad Case of Stripes” and complete the SWBST worksheet to give your summary of the story.
Turn these into your class drawer when you are done!