“Somebody Wanted But So”

A Framework for Summarizing

Students read a story then decide on the following:

· Decide who the somebody is

o (characters/main characters)

· What that somebody wanted

o (events of the plot, main idea, details)

· But what happened to keep something from happening

o (examines conflict)

· So, finally how everything works out

o (solution)

Then what happened?

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