Let’s Learn How to Summarise a Fiction Text!

This student mini-book has been created by a teacher to help guide students through the process of summarising 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 summarising of a story. It is important that students understand the difference between how to summarise a story and how to retell a story.

Learning to Summarise Helps Students with Comprehension

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

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

Download and Get Summarising 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 Teach Starter collaborator.

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