Name___________________                     Class___________________

SUMMARY FORM

Title: __________________________________

CHART: First draw the following chart:

You just wrote the topic sentence of your summary!

BRAINSTORM   Think of 5-6 of the most important events in the story. Include the beginning middle and end of the story.

1._________________________________________________________________________________________________________

2._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

3._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

4._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

5._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6._____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

TRANSITION WORDS: Now I bring it all together with some transition words. The transition words will make my sentences flow and not sound choppy.

Example: First, Second, Third, Next, Then, Finally, After that, Before, In the end…...

PARAGRAPH: Now I turn all of this into one neat paragraph. Start with your topic sentence! Write it in your spiral notebook!