SUMMARY Prewriting Worksheet
(print these pages)

Name ____________________________________  

A.  http://www.ode.state.oh.us/proficiency/6thoutcomes.asp
     Ohio Department of Education site

Read the first paragraph of the section entitled “WRITING” and complete the following:

The six types of writing I could be responsible for on the 6^th grade writing proficiency test are –

1.      ______________ or _____________ experience narrative 2.      ______________ piece 3.      ______________ writing 4.      ______________ (letter, invitation, memo, thank-you note, letter to the editor, or directions) 5.      ______________ entry 6.      ______________

B.  http://www.dictionary.com/

      Dictionary site to find definition of summary (type word in at top of page)

A summary is a presentation of the substance of a body of material in a _____________ form or by ______________ it to its ___________  _______.

C.   http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/rgs/sawyr-table.html

     Chapter 2 of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

Go to this site, left-click on Chapter 2 and read the entire second chapter of this book.

D.  You will be writing a summary of all of Chapter 2.  A summary is a shorter version of the actual selection. 

E.  Your summary will be 5 paragraphs long.   It will be in chronological order (the order in which events occurred).

  F.  Use the graphic organizer to help you get started.

 Summary Hints: 

• Approximately every 3 to 5 sentences are summarized down to 1 sentence.
• A good topic sentence to begin with would be, “It was a beautiful Saturday morning in summer.”
• Your summary should include no conversation (anything in quotation marks).
• You are simply retelling the story.