NARRATIVE

SUMMARYGet ready to take notes!

WHAT DOES “NARRATIVE” MEAN?

What are some words I know that have the same beginning?

narratorSo narrative must have something to do with

stories!

A NARRATIVE SUMMARY FRAME

IS….

a way for me to organize

a summary about a

narrative (a story).

ASK YOURSELF THESE 7

QUESTIONS!

1. Who are the main characters, and what makes them different from others?

2. What’s the setting?

3. What prompted the action in the story?

4. How did the characters express their feelings?

5. What did the main characters decide to do? Did they set a goal, and, if so, what was it?

6. How did the main characters try to accomplish their goal(s)?

7. What were the consequences?

LET’S USE THE

THREE LITTLE

PIGS!There’s also dance moves to help

you remember the question!

#1 WHO ARE THE MAIN CHARACTERS,

AND WHAT MAKES THEM DIFFERENT

FROM OTHERS? Answer Movement

3 little pigs

They are in houses away

from the wolf

#2 WHAT’S THE SETTING?

Answer Movement

#3 WHAT PROMPTED THE ACTION IN THE

STORY?

(WHAT MADE EVERYTHING HAPPEN?)Answer Movement

The wolf came to eat the little

pigs.

#4 HOW DID THE CHARACTERS

EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS?

Answer Movement

They didn’t let the wolf in, not

by the hair of their chinny-

chin-chin.

#5 WHAT DID THE MAIN CHARACTERS

DECIDE TO DO? DID THEY SET A

GOAL?

Answer Movement

The pigs never let him in. He

blew over the straw house

and the stick house.

#6 HOW DID THE MAIN CHARACTERS

ACCOMPLISH THEIR GOAL?

Answer Movement

They hid in the brick house.

#7 WHAT WERE THE CONSEQUENCES?

(RESOLUTION)

Answer Movement

The wolf couldn’t blow down

the brick house. He tries to

get in through the fire place,

but is then burned and runs

away.

SUMMARY OF THE THREE LITTLE

PIGS.

Three little pigs were being chased by a wolf.

They each ran into their own houses: a straw

house, a stick house, and a brick house. They

didn’t want the wolf to come in, but he blew down

the straw house and then the stick house. The

pigs from the straw house and stick house ran to

the brick house, where the third pig lives. The

wolf could not blow the brick house down. He

tried to climb in through the chimney, but he got

burned on the fireplace.