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Somebody-Wanted-But-So - Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

summarizing. While a retell is a detailed “play by play” of all the events in a story, told in sequence, a summary is a brief overview of the story as a whole. The Somebody-Wanted-But-So format is a great way to guide students to give a summary and NOT a retell. Almost ALL fiction stories can be summarized with Somebody-Wanted-But-So