Five-Sentence Summary

What is the basic outline of a five-sentence summary?

• Who, what, when, where, why, how?

• Who, wants what, but, so, then what?

• Who, when, where, how?

• Wants what, who, but, so, then what, who?

Your first sentence needs to include what three things?

• Title

• Author

• Main character

• Main conflict

A summary should be _____

• Objective

• Subjective

A summary should include your opinion of the text.

• True

• False

A summary should include details from all parts of the text.

• True

• False

To begin your "but" sentence you should use what sentence starter?

• But, ...

• However, ...

• On the other hand, ...

• This shows, ...

Which one is a the correct summary?

• In the short story "The Three Little Pigs" by David Weisner the main characters are the three little pigs. The little pigs want to build homes and have a happy life. However, a wolf wants to eat them and blows down the straw and stick house. So, the pigs run and hide in the brick house. Then, they realize the wolf cannot blow down the brick house since the third pig took the time to make sure the house was built well.

• The main characters are the three little pigs. The little pigs want to build homes and have a happy life. However, a wolf wants to eat them and blows down the straw and stick house. So, the pigs run and hide in the brick house. Then, they realize the wolf cannot blow down the brick house since the third pig took the time to make sure the house was built well.

• The main characters are the three little pigs. The little pigs want to build homes and have a happy life. However, a wolf wants to eat them and blows down the straw and stick house. So, the pigs run and hide in the brick house.

• The three little pigs built houses. The wolf came to try to eat them. The wolf could not eat them.

Which best describes a summary?

• a really long detailed piece of writing
• the entire text told in your own words
• a dumb thing that teachers make you write
• the main ideas and important details of a text

Summaries help me...

• understand what I'm reading
• write about what I read
• include the key points of a text
• all of the above

What is the difference between retelling and summarizing?

• A summary is a long detailed paragraph and a retell is not.
• A retell is telling about all the events while a summary only talks about main ideas.
• Retelling and summarizing are the same thing.
• Retelling is a word used for little kids and summarizing is used for big kids.