Summary Writing

What do you do when you summarize a book or a story?

• You tell the whole book

• You tell the most interesting ideas using your own words.

• You ask questions about a text.

• You tell the most important ideas using your own words

What does SWBST mean?

• Somebody

  Wanted

  Because

  So

  Then

• Somebody

  Wanted

  But

  So

  Then

• Summarize

  Work

  By

  Shortening

  Them

• Shorten

  Writing

  By

  Summarizing

  Them

What does the 'But' represent in the SWBST strategy?

• The main character

• The solution

• The problem

What does the 'Then' represent in the SWBST strategy?

• The solution

• How the story ends

• The problem

What does the 'Somebody' represent in the SWBST strategy?

• The main character

• The problem

• The solution

What does the 'So' represent in the SWBST strategy?

• The problem

• The main character

• The solution