Today we have been learning how to write a summary. We spoke about summaries of books and films like Despicable Me and Harry Potter. It is important to learn about summaries so we can use these skills when we are reading!

“Elijah and I learned how to write a summary by working together.” – Amber

“I learned what a summary is used for. On a book instead of looking at the front cover you can read the blurb for a summary.” – Ben

“I learned how to read information and write a summary.” – Hollie

“In the lesson about summaries, we had to identify WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, WHY and HOW withing a news article.” – Beth

“I learned that summaries can be written about books and movies.” – Lennon

“I learned how to write a summary. A summary is a few sentences about a book, film or TV programme.” – Alexander

“I learned that writing summaries can be an  important reading skill.” – Sam

“Today I learned that summaries don’t spoil the ending of a story!” – Ruby

Next week we are going to try and write a summary of our own from Roald Dahl book. Check back and see how we got on!