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Book Title: Pages you read: from p. ________ to p. ______ Write a summary of the part of the book you read. Use four sentences. Somebody: Who was the main character? Wanted: What did the character want? But: What was the problem? So: How did a character try to solve the problem? Then: How was the story resolved? Word Bank when as soon as once finally at the same time whenever while afterward meanwhile last but not least above all for that reason however for example unless unfortunately but if even though similarly also in addition

Soren Bergeson

Read and summarize using “Somebody Wanted But So Then”

Grades: 4th Grade, 3rd Grade, 5th Grade
Subjects: Multilingual Learners, English Language Arts

Student Instructions

You should be reading an English book for 30 minutes every day. Please write a four-sentence summary about the part of the book you read today. Use the Somebody Wanted But So Then prompts to help you find the most important plot and character elements in the section. Do not forget to punctuate and capitalize! Remember, you should be writing four sentences about what you read If you can, take a picture of the book you have been reading and add it to the activity!

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