Improving our summarization skills

I've noticed we need to work on writing better summaries. First we must know what a summary is. Here are the ideas we came up with in class today:

A summary:

• Sums up your reading
• A shorter version of what you read in your own words
• Gives the most important facts and ideas from the text
• Usually AT LEAST a paragraph in length

So now it's your turn to write a summary.

1) Read this blog post by Kelly Barnhill
2) In your writers' notebook, make a list of the important points and facts about the story
3) On a sheet of loose leaf, write a summary of the story that is AT LEAST one paragraph.