Fairy tale summary: retelling a folk tale in under 100 words
Students read the folk tale 'The Stonecutter' and a model summary, learn what to keep and cut, then summarize 'Stone Soup'.
B2Teens50 minSummary
About this lesson
A B2 writing lesson (summary). Prompts, model texts and simple checklists — from a first email to an opinion essay.
- Level
- B2
- Skill
- Writing
- Type
- Summary
- Students
- Teens
- Time
- About 50 minutes
- Topic
- Stories & fairy tales
- Activities
- Key words, Speaking / writing task, Reading text, True / False, Matching, Gap-fill
- Key words
- folk tale, moral, content, grant a wish, transform, humble, paraphrase, main event
- Access
- Premium
By the end, students can
- Write a short summary of a story that includes only the main events and its message
- Paraphrase details in your own words and use the present tense
- Use linking words to sequence events in a summary