1. SWBST A Summarizing Strategy
Somebody Wanted But So Then

2. New LEQ under Strategies
How do readers use summarizing to help them better understand the text?

3. What is a Summary?
a brief statement or account of the main points of a text
Shorter than the original
Use most important details
Main ideas only

4. When should you summarize?
Anytime you read/view a text, you should be thinking of the main idea and key details.
Doing so activates your brain and allows you to begin the process of breaking down the text.

5. SWBST: At a Glance Wanted But So Then Somebody
main character, speaker, or author
motivation: the gist of the issue; what somebody is trying to accomplish, achieve, or acquire
the problem: what is standing in the way of success, the conflict or opposition
how the problem is solved
resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened

6. SWBST: Example Wanted But So Then Somebody
main character, speaker, or author
motivation: the gist of the issue; what somebody is trying to accomplish, achieve, or acquire
the problem: what is standing in the way of success, the conflict or opposition
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.

7. SWBST: Example Wanted But So Then Somebody
main character, speaker, or author
motivation: the gist of the issue; what somebody is trying to accomplish, achieve, or acquire
the problem: what is standing in the way of success, the conflict or opposition
how the problem is solved
resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened
The prince
Wished he could find who the glass slipper would fit,
But no one in the kingdom was a match.
So, the prince kept looking.
Despite the wicked stepsisters, he found Cinderella.
This slide shows how you can use the strategy to explore different points of view.

8. SWBST: Guided Practice
Somebody
Wanted
But So
Then
main character, speaker, or author
motivation: the gist of the issue; what somebody is trying to accomplish, achieve, or acquire
the problem: what is standing in the way of success, the conflict or opposition
how the problem is solved
resolution: the ending or outcome, what eventually happened
The wicked stepsisters
Here students will practice completing the strategy for practice. Have several volunteers share.

9. Showdown Summarizing
On the board will be a text that you need to summarize!
Each person will write their best summary using the SWBST strategy and each team will vote who wrote the best summary!

10. Round One Please use the SWBST strategy to summarize the story of…
Little Red Riding Hood

11. Little Red Riding Hood wanted to take her Granny some treats but she met a wolf who tricked her by locking her Granny up and pretending to be Granny. So, Little Red got away and a woodcutter who was working nearby killed the wolf. Then, little red riding hood saved her Granny and they lived happily ever after.

12. The Last Tuesday of the Other June
Round Two
Please use the SWBST strategy to summarize the story of…
The Last Tuesday of the Other June

13. Summary
June wanted to fit in and be a normal 11 year old girl, but she began getting bullied by a mean girl also named June. So, after being sick and tired of getting bullied, one day June stood up to the mean bully at school, then she was no longer the victim of bullying

14. SWBST Partner Practice
With your partner, read the story Four Miles to Pinecone and together complete a summary of the story using the SWBST strategy.
This will be turned in!

15. SWBST: Ball Toss Review
What is a summary?
When should you summarize?
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.