Let’s Learn How to Summarize a Fiction Text!

This student mini-book has been created by a teacher to help guide students through the process of summarizing a fiction text. This mini-book includes the SWBST strategy for remembering what to include in a summary of a story. 

• S – Somebody
• W – Wanted
• B – But
• S – So
• T – Then

Included in this mini-book are some activities using the above strategy to help students practise their summarizing of a story. It is important that students understand the difference between how to summarize a story and how to retell a story.

Learning to Summarize Helps Students with Comprehension

Learning to summarize is a transformative skill that acts as a linchpin in enhancing students’ overall comprehension abilities. Here’s how the art of summarization contributes to and amplifies their understanding of diverse texts:

• Summarizing requires students to distil essential elements of a text, enabling them to extract the most crucial information.
• Summarizing requires students to engage with the material at a deeper level.
• Summarizing is a cognitive exercise that nurtures critical thinking skills.
• Summarizing reinforces memory retention.

Download and Get Summarizing Today!

Use the dropdown menu to choose between the easy to print PDF version of this resource or the editable Google Slide version.

This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a teacher in Michigan and a Teach Starter collaborator.

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