📚 Part 1: Understanding Summarising

1. What does it mean to summarise a story? Circle the best answer:

To copy the whole story word for word

To tell the most important parts using fewer words

To change the story completely

To only tell the ending

2. When you summarise, you should include: (Check all that apply)

The main idea

Key details

Every single word from the story

Important events

The characters' names

🐷 Part 2: The Three Little Pigs Summary Practice

3. Read this short version of "The Three Little Pigs" and complete the graphic organiser below:

Three little pigs left home to build their own houses. The first pig built his house with straw, the second with sticks, and the third with bricks. A big bad wolf came and blew down the straw house and the stick house, but he couldn't blow down the brick house. The three pigs were safe in the strong brick house.

Main Idea: What is this story mostly about?

Key Detail 1: What did each pig build their house with?

Key Detail 2: What happened when the wolf came?

Key Detail 3: Which house was the strongest?

✍️ Part 3: Writing Your Summary

4. Using your answers from Part 2, write a 2-3 sentence summary of "The Three Little Pigs". Use linking words like "first," "then," and "finally".

5. Fill in the blanks to complete this summary template:

The story is about _________________ who wanted to _________________. First, _________________. Then, _________________. Finally, _________________.

🔍 Part 4: Summary Skills Practice

6. Match each story element with its importance in a summary:

1. Main character's name

2. What the character ate for breakfast

3. The main problem in the story

4. How the problem was solved

5. The colour of the character's shoes

A. Very important - include in summary

B. Not important - leave out of summary

C. Very important - include in summary

D. Sometimes important - depends on story

E. Very important - include in summary

7. Circle the best summary of this short story:

Sarah lost her favourite teddy bear at the park. She looked everywhere but couldn't find it. Her mum helped her search. Finally, they found the teddy bear under the big oak tree where Sarah had been reading.

Sarah went to the park and read under a tree with her mum.

Sarah lost her teddy bear at the park, searched for it with her mum, and found it under the oak tree.

There was a big oak tree at the park where people could read books.

Sarah's mum helped her look for something she had lost.