Summary Notes

1. Summary Notes pull out main ideas focus on key details use key words and phrases break down the larger ideas write only enough to convey the gist

2. In the Reading Strategies section of your binder, write the following Summary Sentence Patterns on a piece of clean notebook paper. At the top of your paper write Summary Sentence Patterns

3. When writing a summary, follow one of these patterns: 1.) SomebodyWantedButSo Brianwanted to spend the summer with his dad, but the plane crashed so he had to survive on his own in the wild.

4. Outsiders Somebody wanted, but, so Ponyboy Curtis, a loner, wanted to walk home alone from the moviesbut the Socs appeared and attacked and threatened him, so the greasers came along to help Pony.

5. Pattern #2 2.) 5 Ws (who, what, where, when, why) The Mustangscapture another victory and clench a spot in the finals this Saturday in Atlanta.

6. Outsiders 5 W’s Ponyboy was walking down the street from the theater when he was jumped by some Socsbecause the Socs don’t get along with the Greasers.

7. Chapter 1 Summaries • Ponyboy was walking down the street from the theater when he was jumped by some Socs because the Socs don’t get along with the Greasers. • Ponyboy Curtis, a loner, wanted to walk home alone from the movies but the Socs appeared and attacked and threatened him, so the greasers came along to help Pony. • Summary of a main event: • In Chapter 1, Ponyboy wanted to walk home peacefully but got jumped by Socs so he couldn’t walk peacefully .

8. Chapter 2 summary Chapter 2 revolved around Soc Cherry and Greaser Ponyboy discussing life as Greasers/Socs one night at a drive-in because of their obvious differences.