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.