Teach your young readers how to summarize a text using a strategy called Somebody Wanted But So. Kids identify the character (Somebody), the motivation (Wanted), the conflict (But), and the resolution (So). The resource comes with graphic organizer for kids to chart out their observations and then summarize what they have read.

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english language arts

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Instructional Ideas

• Choose the graphic organizer that will work best for your class, and provide several copies for kids to keep in a reading journal
• Laminate the instructional handouts, and keep them on the wall in your classroom or in a language arts center
• Apply the summarizing strategy to any book or short story
• Have kids write a narrative essay about an event in their lives, using the graphic organizers to plan out the details

Classroom Considerations

• Some pages are in color, but could be printed in black and white

Pros

• Provides a variety of graphic organizers and examples

Cons

• None

Common Core

RL.4.2 RL.4.3 RL.5.2 RL.5.3 RL.6.2 RL.6.3