Summarizing

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 (SWBST)

In SWBST what does the first S stand for?

• Someone

• Wanted

• But

• So

• Then

In SWBST what does the W stand for?

• Who

• Wanted

• Where

• When

• Why

In SWBST what does the B stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• The conflict

• Then

In SWBST what does the second S stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• So

• Then

In SWBST what does the T stand for?

• Somebody

• Wanted

• But

• Then

• Too much

Jimmy and his friends went hiking. They set up their camp in an open space in the woods. The boys set up their tents and immediately went to gather wood to make a campfire. Jimmy, Artie, and John walked through the trees to gather the wood that was on the ground. The sun began to go down behind the trees and Jimmy realized he had forgotten his flashlight in his backpack. The boys hurried so they could find enough wood quickly and make it back to camp before dark. With arms full of firewood, the boys jogged back to the camping space and set the wood down next to the firepit.

Identify the SOMEBODY in the passage.

Who is the MAIN CHARACTER in the passage?

• Jimmy and his friends

• Artie

• Jimmy

• John

Jimmy and his friends went hiking. They set up their camp in an open space in the woods. The boys set up their tents and immediately went to gather wood to make a campfire. Jimmy, Artie, and John walked through the trees to gather the wood that was on the ground. The sun began to go down behind the trees and Jimmy realized he had forgotten his flashlight in his backpack. The boys hurried so they could find enough wood quickly and make it back to camp before dark. With arms full of firewood, the boys jogged back to the camping space and set the wood down next to the firepit.

Identify the WANTED in the passage.

What did the main characters WANT in the passage?

• they wanted the sun to go down

• they wanted to return to the camping space

• they wanted to find firewood

• they wanted to set up their tents

Jimmy and his friends went hiking. They set up their camp in an open space in the woods. The boys set up their tents and immediately went to gather wood to make a campfire. Jimmy, Artie, and John walked through the trees to gather the wood that was on the ground. The sun began to go down behind the trees and Jimmy realized he had forgotten his flashlight in his backpack. The boys hurried so they could find enough wood quickly and make it back to camp before dark. With arms full of firewood, the boys jogged back to the camping space and set the wood down next to the firepit.

Identify the BUT in the passage.

What is the PROBLEM in the passage?

• but they fell in the river

• but they couldn't find any wood

• but it was getting dark and they forgot a flashlight

• but they got lost in the woods

Jimmy and his friends went hiking. They set up their camp in an open space in the woods. The boys set up their tents and immediately went to gather wood to make a campfire. Jimmy, Artie, and John walked through the trees to gather the wood that was on the ground. The sun began to go down behind the trees and Jimmy realized he had forgotten his flashlight in his backpack. The boys hurried so they could find enough wood quickly and make it back to camp before dark. With arms full of firewood, the boys jogged back to the camping space and set the wood down next to the firepit.

Identify the SO in the passage.

How did they try to SOLVE THE PROBLEM in the passage?

• the boys hurried and found wood quickly

• the boys decided not to build a fire

• the boys went to the store and bought firewood

• the boys went back to the camp to get the flashlight