Summary Paragraph
Step 1: IVF Topic Sentence
Identify
Verb
The story The Lost
And Found by Mark
Teague
tells
Finish Thought
(Main Idea)
about a girl named Mona who
goes on an adventure in the
lost and found to find her lucky
hat
Step 2: Make a “Real” Sentence
Rewrite this:
Identify
Verb
The story The Lost
And Found by Mark
Teague
tells
Finish Thought
(Main Idea)
about a girl named Mona who
goes on an adventure in the
lost and found to find her lucky
hat
To look like this:
The story The Lost and Found by Mark Teague tells about a
girl named Mona who goes on an adventure in the lost and found to
find her lucky hat.
Step 3: The Fact Outline
To create a Fact Outline simply make a column of dashes you would like to
include in the paragraph (only about four to eight). Keep the fact outline short and
sweet, complete sentences are not required!!
The story The Lost and Found by Mark Teague tells about a girl
named Mona who goes on an adventure in the lost and found to find
her lucky hat.
- Mona lost her lucky hat
- Found Wendell and Floyd in trouble on her way to the lost
and found
- Mona fell in the lost and found and the boys went after her
- They went looking for the hat room
- Found a cave with a boat
- In the hat room Wendell was about to sneeze
- Mona found her lucky hat in her purse when getting a tissue
- They got back to school safely and walked home with their
lucky hats
Step 4: Write the Summary
The last step is to write the summary paragraph! This will be easy if
you follow your fact outline. Be sure to plan ahead to use transition words. You do
NOT need a formal conclusion!
The story The Lost and Found by Mark Teague tells about a girl
named Mona who goes on an adventure in the lost and found to find
her lucky hat. In the beginning Mona lost her lucky hat and went to
look in the lost and found at school. When she was looking in the lost
and found she fell in and two boys, Wendell and Floyd who were
watching Mona went in to save her. When they were inside they went
looking for the hat room. The y found a cave with a boat that they
used to paddle across the lake to the hat room. In the hat room
Wendell was about to sneeze. Mona opened her purse to get a tissue
and pulled out her lucky hat. They arrived back to school safely and
they all walked home together all wearing lucky hats.