Summarizing Fiction

A summary

• retells the entire story

• tells only the most important events

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

Always include...

• the author's name

• the names of every character

• the illustrator's name

Tags

CCSS.RI.11-12.9

CCSS.RI.9-10.9

CCSS.RI.K.6

CCSS.RL.11-12.9

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

The title of the story...

• should be included in the summary

• should NOT be included in the summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

CCSS.RL.7.2

You should always include...

• your opinion in the summary

• the theme or lesson of the story in your summary

• the publication date in your summary

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

The setting of the story...

• is the main conflict of the story

• is the climax of the story

• is where the story takes place

Tags

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

Summaries help us...

• understand what we have read

• focus on the key parts of the story

• write about we have read

• all of the above

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

A summary...

• is short

• is long

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.9

CCSS.RI.5.9

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2