hey just asking for a tiny bit of help my einglish teacher is making me do a 1 page summary on 3 books and i'm not sure wicth of the Argeneau's to do and how to do them

A summary of a book is simply something you'd use to quickly describe the book to another person who knows nothing about it. As an example think about how you would explain Single White Vampire to your friends if they had never heard of it before.

Have a look at Amazon.com or Barnes & Noble's websites. Books are often summarized in brief as part of the description and many reviewers also summarize the plots within their reviews.

Don't copy out any existing summaries word for word as it's very easy for your teacher to check for the original. Use what you find to get an idea of how a summary gives a short overview of the book and it's characters and also provides a brief description of the storyline and then write it the way you see it and in your own words.

As for which books to choose - just choose the books you like best.

Don't forget to proofread! I used to wait until the last minute to dash off a paper. My mistakes were always the most obvious ones of spelling errors, run-on sentences, misuse of commas, and sentence fragments! I still used to get at least a B (which irritated my friends!) but I would have always had a higher grade if I had proofread. It just looks better as well. Even if you don't quite drive home the point you were trying to make, at least the teacher knows that you put forth your best effort and will usually grade accordingly. Brownie points never hurt!

Kim

It always helped me to have someone else proof it after I did. Since I was the one who wrote it, I didn't catch all the mistakes. Whoever I had proof it, would always come back wth more things to fix, and my grade would go up a little bit more.
G.

When you do a summary, restate the important points of the book in your own words.

With your opening paragraph, briefly describe the book you are summarizing by title, author, and genre (type of book.) For example, Lynsay Sands Argeneau series falls in the genre of paranormal romance or paranormal fiction. Other genres include biographies, mysteries, westerns, inspirational, adventures, historical fiction, nonfiction, fantasy, romance, comedy, drama, satire, suspense, poetry, and many others. You may also want to include the publisher and copyright date.

In your next two to three paragraphs, write about the most important points that happened in the book in your own words. This is called "paraphrasing." A good way to organize these paragraphs is to jot down five to ten questions that you would want answered if you were reading a summary of a book. You simply organize your paragraphs to answer those questions without giving away the entire book to your reader. In other words, avoid what we call "spoilers" while still letting the reader of the summary know what the book is about.

At last, have a concluding paragraph that "sums up" the book overall. Here is where you will make your final observations about the book using the actual storyline. You may then wish to add in your personal opinion of the book. Concluding paragraphs often begin with signals such as: in conclusion, in summary, finally, all in all, from this we see, as a result, in short, or last of all. These are just examples of how to begin your conclusion of your paper. If you include your opinion, make sure your reader understands that it is your opinion on whether you liked or did not like the book and why. The summary must be factual, based on what the book actually includes, but your opinion lets others know what you thought of the book. Keep in mind the difference between fact and opinion.

A simple proofreading checklist:

1. Organized my information carefully. It says what I
want it to say to catch my readers interest
and help them understand.
2. Check sentences for conpleteness and sense.
3. No words are missing.
4. Every sentence begins with a capital letter.
5. Every sentence has an end mark. (punctuation)
6. Quotations are used correctly.
7. Every word is spelled correctly.
8. Check for suject-verb agreement.
9. Check for proper use of pronouns.
10. Check for paragraph indentions.
11. Check for facts.
12. Check for sufficient details and descriptions.
(Use interesting words instead of the most common,
but not too unusual. Balance is the key!)
13. Check legibility. Is my summary neat and can it
be read? Whether it is written or typed, this is
very important.
14. Did I include my name, class, and date?

As Gena and others suggested, after you proofread, have someone else proofread it for you. That way you will not lose points on your grade for simple mistakes that could have been taken care of before handing in your summary to your teacher. It is easy to overlook our own mistakes, so it always helps to have an "editor."

One more thing, Puppylover12397, and that is as a former public school teacher of grades 1, 2, 5 & 6, I would expect three different genres of a student's summaries. I expect the same as a homeschooling mother of nine years. My son would only choose fantasy if I let him, but then he would be missing many other worlds of adventure in books.

Either check with your teacher first to see if you are allowed to write summaries from one series of books, or pick one of Lynsay's books and two books from other genres. It makes for a more well-rounded education to read different kinds of books, and I feel Lynsay would tell you that herself. She & Mr. Spice both read many different kinds of books. (In fact, Mr. Spice admits he will read anything & everything he can find!) Possibly, you could do a summary on one of the early Argeneau books that you really like that would explain the basics of the Argeneau world, such as A Quick Bite or Love Bites. Maybe a biography and a fantasy would make other good choices. There are so many to choose from at this time. If you are not sure, your school or public librarian can help you find some good choices.

I hope you do well!

Schoolteacher Wren

Nice one, Wren. You ought to post that on Amazon as a 'how to write a review' guide. There are a lot of folks who would benefit.

THX wren,kim,gena and mr.spice that info is realy helping me write the summeries 2 out of 3 down 1 to go

Thanks, Mr. Spice!

wren

PuppyLover,

How did you do on your summaries? Which books did you pick?

just wondering, wren

wren i did them on LB,TD&H and ABTR i got 2 A- and an A

That's awesome Puppylover.

When I was in school we didn't get to pick our books for book review, they gave us a list to choose from. I much rather have been able to choose book like Lynsays to review.

GREAT JOB!!!!!!!

Yay, well done. You may even have 'turned' your teacher into becoming a fan.

FANTASTIC!!!!!

Just the news I wanted to hear...we are proud of you.

Keep of the good work...it's more fun when you get to choose what to read.

wren

congrats......

Good work and congratulations!!



Kimberly

Good job Puppylover!

Awesome! Those are excellent grades. Keep up the good work!