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Activity Overview
Writing a summary is effective for retelling the whole story. As the story has many vignettes within it, this will be a good challenge for students already developing summarization skills. They will need to practice determining importance and main idea to create a successful summary storyboard. The storyboard format will help students practice being concise when many elements are in play.
Example Stuart Little BME Summary
Beginning
- Stuart is born a mouse to a caring human family, and uses his size to his advantage.
- Snowbell the cat causes trouble for Stuart.
Middle
- Stuart has adventures around the city.
- Stuart meets Margalo, and a true friendship is formed.
End
- Margalo’s life is in danger, and she flees for safety.
- Stuart sets off on a quest to find Margalo and encounters many adventures along the way.
Template and Class Instructions
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Student Instructions
Make a storyboard summary of Stuart Little.
- Make pictures that show two main events from the beginning of the story.
- Make pictures that show two main events from the middle of the story.
- Make pictures that show two main events from the end of the story.
- Write a sentence under each picture.
Lesson Plan Reference
Common Core Standards
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/3/2] Recount stories, including fables, folktales, and myths from diverse cultures; determine the central message, lesson, or moral and explain how it is conveyed through key details in the text.
- [ELA-Literacy/RL/3/5] Refer to parts of stories, dramas, and poems when writing or speaking about a text, using terms such as chapter, scene, and stanza; describe how each successive part builds on earlier sections.
Rubric
(You can also create your own on Quick Rubric.)
Sequence of Events Rubric
Create a storyboard that shows a sequence of events. Below each cell, type in a description about the importance of that part of the story.
| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Events | Each of the cells represents a different part of the story. The cells are in order from beginning to end. | One cell is out of order, or the storyboard is missing important information. | Important information is missing and/or two or more cells are out of order. |
| Images | Cells include images that accurately show events in the story and do not get in the way of understanding. | Most images show the events of the story, but some are incorrect. | The images are unclear or do not make sense with the story. |
| Descriptions | Descriptions match the images and show the change over time. | Descriptions do not always match the images or mention the importance of the event. | Descriptions are missing or do not match the images. |
| Spelling and Grammar | Spelling and grammar is mostly accurate. Mistakes do not get in the way of understanding. | Spelling is very inaccurate and hinders full understanding. | Text is very difficult to understand. |
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