Summarizing is telling the

important events or ideas in a story in your own words.

A summary of a story is much

shorter than the story.

A good summary gives only the most important events or

ideas in a story.

A good summary does not give your ideas or opinions.

Read pages 17-18 of the story, then compare it to the

following summary.

In this part of the story, Chita hurries to

finish drying the dishes after supper so she can spend special time with her father.

When she’s done, she sits next to her father. Then, she asks him to

tell the story about when he was a brave

soldier.

Her father agrees and says that she can help

him tell the story.

To summarize a story, you need to include to include

the narrative elements.

You should include the setting, the

main characters, the problem and the resolution.

Important details that take you from the problem to the

resolution should be included in the

summary.

You can use a story map to write a

summary.