Summarizing

D: What is summarizing?

• Summarizing is retelling the most important parts of a story accurately.

P: How do I summarize fiction?

• I put the right character with the right action in the right order.
• I focus on the important events.
• Important events are the events that are connected to the conflict closely.
• Beginning, Middle, End
• I use the Fiction 4Q.

[Cut and glue in 4Q foldable.]

C: When/Why do I summarize?

• I summarize during and after reading.
• I summarize because it helps me know if I understand and helps me remember the story.

[5.9 Reading/Comprehension of Text/Independent Reading. Students read independently for sustained periods of time and produce evidence of their reading. Students are expected to read independently for a sustained period of time and summarize or paraphrase what the reading was about, maintaining meaning and logical order (e.g., generate a reading log or journal; participate in book talks).  

5.8.A  sequence and summarize the plot's main events and explain their influence on future events;

Fig19.E (E) summarize and paraphrase texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order within a text and across texts; and]