Writing a Summary (Fiction)
Writing a Summary (Fiction)

Summarize:  to tell or write briefly about the main ideas in a selection.

A summary...
*is a short statement.
*includes only important events.


SOMEBODY...  Who is the main character?
WANTED... What did they want?
BUT...  What problem gets in the way?
THEN...  How did they try to fix the problem?
So...  How was the problem solved?