Key Points: Nick found a frindle.; Nick
gets in trouble if he says frindle.; Nick's teachers' eyes get gray when she
is mad.
Summary: Nick gets in trouble because
he's not allowed to say frindle and if any other kids say frindle they have
to stay after school.
Key Points: Benny got checked into the
boards; the mice won the hockey game; the big M left the forum.
Summary: When
the rink rats were cheating, the other mice were spying on them. Then they
found out big Boris
was going to stick gum on his stick.
On the other hand, some students wrote well developed summaries from their key points:
Key Points: Zack; Spencer; Vernon; chef
Summary: Zack
looked like a clown and he didn't like it. Spencer puts makeup on Zack. Zack took his clothes off
to go taste Vernon's ice-cream. Zack found out that Vernon was cheating because his chef made the ice-cream.
Key Points: friends, ice-cream; experiment; disappearing ink
Summary: Zack and Spencer are the two main characters and
best friends. They invent a new type of ice-cream. Spencer is smart and he likes
to do experiments. Zack drank disappearing ink by mistake.
Key Points: run away; dog bite; crying; farmhouse
Summary: Curtis was going to run away because his mom was
going to take Sammy back to the shelter. Sammy bit Curtis on the hand and he
had to get six stitches. Curtis was crying because he loved Sammy and he was
going to miss him. They take Sammy to live in the farmhouse.
Key Points: door; drafty room; the box; the book
Summary: Jack and Annie pushed the door slowly. Jack stepped
into a cold, drafty room. There was a long gold box. Annie found the book of
the dead.
The Artful Artist role revealed that students made meaning through visualization. Their drawings represented characters, scenes, settings, problems, etc. based on their reading.