Summarizing Literary Texts SWBST: A Summarizing Strategy Summarize the text. RL 5.2 Julie Faulkner, TPT

Objectives Identify the main characters, conflict, events, and resolution to a story. Use key elements of a story to write a summary. Julie Faulkner, TPT

What is a Summary? A summary is a short version of a text. A summary only includes key details from the text. Why should we summarize? Writing a summary helps us understand what we have read! Julie Faulkner, TPT

Summarizing an Informational Text Find the main idea and supporting details. Combine the information to form a summary.

Summarizing a Literary Text An easy way to summarize a literary text is to use the strategy: somebody, wanted, but, so, then. (SWBST) With this strategy, you can summarize short texts, long texts, or even chapters of a text. Julie Faulkner, TPT

Defining the Strategy: SWBST Somebody – main character Wanted – what did the character want But - the problem or conflict So - how the problem is solved Then - resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened Julie Faulkner, TPT

SWBST: At a Glance Wanted But So Then Somebody main character what did the character want the problem or conflict how the problem is solved resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened Julie Faulkner, TPT

SWBST: Example Wanted But So Then Somebody main character what did the character want the problem or conflict how the problem is solved resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened Cinderella Wanted to go to the ball. However, her stepmother wouldn’t let her go. So, her fairy godmother helped her. In the end, she married the prince and lived happily ever after. This is a slide you would share with your students as an example slide of the strategy works with a familiar text. Julie Faulkner, TPT

SWBST: Guided Practice Somebody Wanted But So Then main character what did the character want the problem or conflict how the problem is solved resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened Here students will practice completing the strategy for practice. Have several volunteers share. Julie Faulkner, TPT

The Rainbow Fish The little blue fish wanted one of Rainbow Fish’s shiny scales. But, Rainbow Fish would not share and the other fish began to ignore him. So, Rainbow Fish went to the Wise Octopus for advise. Then he decided to share his scales ,and everyone loved him again.

SWBST: Review What is a summary? Why should you summarize? How are summarizing an informational text and a literary text the same? How are they different? In the SWBST strategy, what does the S represent? In the SWBST strategy, what does the W represent? In the SWBST strategy, what does the B represent? In the SWBST strategy, what does the S represent? In the SWBST strategy, what does the T represent? To play this closing activity, have a small ball handy. Pull each question up on the screen one at a time. Toss the ball out to one students. He/she answers the question (I do not let them pass or look at notes. They have to look at notes before play begins.) Then he/she passes to another person, and so on. Julie Faulkner, TPT