How to write a summary:

A summary is a compressed version of a text. 

It informs the reader about the text's content.

It does not contain details.

It's language is formal and it its written in the present tense.

 

Task I:

To write a summary of a text you have to structure the text first of all.

--> Divide your text ot the The Massacre at Wounded Knee in paragrahs

 

A story arc can help you do it

 

 http://www.craftingfiction.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/story-arc-1.png

 

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