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Use short phrases to record important ideas about the main and other important characters, as well as setting problem, big events, and solution. List one idea on each numbered line. You may not need all of the lines.

Book / Story title ______________________________________________

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Cross out any ideas that are not important to the overall story. Now, combine the ideas that are left!

Use these ideas to write a summary. Be sure your first sentence includes the title of the story, the author and a general, overall statement about the story.

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