How to make a good summary

1. HOW TO MAKE A GOOD
SUMMARY!!

2. -The story takes place in...
-The story is taking place...
-The story happens ...
-The story occurs in...
IDENTIFY
STORY ELEMENTS
SETTING
(WHERE)
(scene, surroundings…) PLOT (WHAT)
(story of a book, novel..)
WHAT is the book talking about?
The book talks about…
The book tells us…
The book shows us…

3. ORGANISE YOUR
THOUGHTS
CONNECT IDEAS AND SENTENCES WITH
TRANSITION WORDS!!!!

4. •First of all
•At the beginning
•As a starting point
•At first
•Initially
•First
•To begin with/start
•It started when
•Once upon a time
•Secondly/thirdly
•After that
•Then/next
•Later
•Meanwhile
•Moreover
•Also
•Besides
•Furthermore
•In addition
•In fact
•Finally
•In conclusion
•At the end/in the end
•Lastly
•To sum it up
•Last, but not least.
•Eventually
•In the last place
•To end up with
•To finish with
•However
•Although/Even though
•But
•Nevertheless
•Perhaps
•Anyway
•On the other hand
CONTRADICTION TERMS

5. •In my opinion:
•From my point of view...
•I think that..
•In my personal opinion...
•My opinion is...
•In my mind...
•My belief is...
•I believe that...
•It seems to me...
•It appears to me...
SO:
in consequence
that’s why
indeed
thus
therefore
GIVE YOUR OPINION

6. ADJECTIVES
•amazing
•astonishing
•exciting
•sensational
•thrilling
• impressive
•Awesome
•Incredible
•Remarkable
•Great
•Nice
•Fabulous
MORE ADJECTIVES
•Marvelous
•Surprising
•Wonderful
•Unusual
Useful vocabulary
If you don’t know a word, go to
www.wordreference.com

7. 2ND PARAGRAPH: Write about the main events of the story.
-In the story there are three main events. First….Second….and Finally…
CONNECTORS: First of all, Next, After that, Although, But, however, also, In
second place, then, in one hand, in the other hand, later, finally, etc. (See traffic
light’s slide)
3rd PARAGRAPH: PERSONAL OPINION
Write WHETHER you liked or not the story and WHY?
- In my personal opinion I think……..because……
- From my point of view I would say the story is…… because…..
- To end up/sum up my summary I’m going to tell you this.
- I didn’t like/loved/hated/liked….because…
1ST PARAGRAPH: Write a general introduction:
The book talks about… -The story takes place in...
The book shows us… -The story is taking place...
The book tells us… -The story happens ...
-The story occurs in...
TITLE OF THE BOOK