Summarizer

**The job of the summarizer is to retell in a summary what happened in the reading you did for this week. Make sure to use complete sentences in your summary. Remember, summaries often include characters and setting. Think of who, when, where, what, and why?**
 * Summarizer **

Right now in Out Of my Mind we just met the main character, her name is Melody. She is almost eleven years old and she cant talk or walk or even take care of herself in any way shape or form. Most people see her as a little girl with dark brown eyes and full or curiosity, In chapter 4 when Melody gose the doctors she already knows how things are going to happen. Another doctor another day. She has been to many doctor appoitments them trying to fix her and anyalize her. They dont understand her. She just ignors them and acts like the 'retard' that they think she is.

In this book they use the term 'retard' that word is very inapoprite and should not be used outside of this passage. Samantha Beahm

I bet it is hard for Melody knowing so much, and yet nobody cares. It would stink to be labeled something that you really arn't. Rachel

I agree with you Samantha and Rachel. It seems very hard for Melody to get her point across because of her communication disabilities. She seems to know that if she is given a label that many people believe that is all she is, when she is actually a pure genius! Emma

Week 2: In the book Out of my Mind, pages 51 to 102, Melody brooks is very unique but not understood. Between the ages 8 and 11, Melody faces problems because of her disablity of not being able to walk, talk, or write hard for her at school and at home. Her mom recently had the "perfect baby: that can do everything Melody can't. Even though Melody has a disablility, she managed to make a friend that is beginning to understand her, but Melody is still very misunderstood. Out of my Mind shows how Melody cooperates with tough situations through out her life. Maris

I really liked the way you put the summary together. I liked the "Perfect Baby" part added in, it fit well and you dont have too many details. (Liz)

I thought you explained everything very clearly and hit every important point we have read so far! Just like Lizzie said I liked how you catagorized Penny as the "Perfect Baby." I thought you had a short, sweet, and to the point good summary! Rachel

I thought it was very well written and to the point. Just like both Lizzie and Rachel said, I like how you mentioned Penny as the "perfect baby," I thought it was a nice touch. I think you hit every major part of the weeks reading within your summary. Emma

Week 3: In this week's section of "Out of my MInd" something very exctiting happens to Melody. She gets a machine that allows her to talk. Now she can finally say things that she has been wanting to say all of her life! This should make Melody's life a lot better now that she can finallly speak out. SInce Melody has gotten this machine she can finally take tests like the "normal" kids. Melody ends up getting one hundred percent on her first test, and she is the only one in her class that got it! Will jelousy and rage from the other students get in the way of Melody achieving her goals? Rachel

You have a great summary! YOu got right to the point and covered every big event that happened in this weeks section of reading. I also liked how you ended your summary with a question because then the reader can be thinking about if that might have happened or not. Emma

I really like how you left a question at the end of your summary. I think you did a good job of talking about all the important details that will continue to develop, like the way she talks to people with her machine, later in the story. Maris

Week 4: In this week's reading of "Out of My MInd" another exciting thing happens to Melody. As you know Melody is very smart and now that she has that machine she can let other people know that. Well, because of that machine she has been able to be on the Wiz Kids quiz team. Towards the end of the chapter the book says, "I still couldn't get over the fact I was part of the team." As most people would be Melody is quite excited because if they win the first round of the quiz then they can go on to Washington D.C and hopefully win that too! Maybe they will get to Washington D.C,but I'm not sure, what do you think? Emma

Good summary Emma! I thought you hit all the important points! I liked how you had an opinion type question at the end. It caused me to think about the book a lot more! I think they will make it to Washington D.C because they have Melody! Like all movies and books go the person who doesn't stand out as much usually does something amazing! Maybe this book is different though and they won't make it?? Rachel

I think you summarized what we read very well. Melody is way smarter than people think and I think it will prove a point to all people watching that anyone can do anything. It truly is inspiring. Good job on the summary. :) Maris

That was a fabulous summary, I really liked how you ended it with a question! You also got all the main and important parts of the chapter put together well. (Liz)

Week 5:

In this week’s reading of Out of My Mind Melody and the Whiz Kids at her school compete in the first completion to see who goes to D.C. and her team wins. She seems to be the only one getting publicity for the event. After that she expects to go to Washington D.C. with the other teammates. Unfortunately when her and her family get to the airport the team has already left and they can’t get another flight out. Did the team plan not to let her compete? (Liz)

I think you did a great job on describing what went on in this section of the book. I don't think the team meant to leave her and not let her compete but didn't have time to think about her in the rush that they were in. Kaitlin

I thought you had a reallly good summary! You told all the important points without making it to long. I agree with Kaitlin that I don't think the team really meant to leave her I just think they were in a panic mode! I also liked how you ended your summary with a question. It causes the reader to predict beyond what you talk about. Rachel

You had a great summary! You covered the most important parts of the reading for this week. Just like Kaitlin said I don't think that they meant to leave her behind but they just didn't think about it at the time. If they did mean to leave her behind- which I hope isn't true- they must have had come good reason to. I also think that maybe Claire was mad that she didn't make the team she suggested it. That seems highly unlikely though. Emma

Week 6: Kaitlin Miller

In this section of the book Melody is mad that her friends left her behind so she didn’t get to go to the national competition. The next day it was raining and thundering outside but Melody still wanted to go to school. Penny had a cold her dad’s wrist still hurt and her mom had a headache. Melody’s parents tried to get her to stay home but she was determined to go to school. Melody missed the bus so her mom took her to school. When they got in the car Melody started screaming and kicking because she didn’t have her backpack with Catherine’s card in it. After her dad brought it out Melody’s mom got back in the car and started the ignition. Melody had seen a flash of yellow and started screaming and kicking again because she knew it was penny. Melody’s mom ignored her and baked up. There was a bump then dead silence then there was screaming and sirens. Penny had broken bones but no brain damage which made Melody happy. After that it was Monday and Melody had to go back t school. The wiz kids team felt sorry for what they did to Melody so they give the tiny trophy they won but she didn’t want it and crushed it. At the end of the book melody is working on a project for one of her teachers and hats the end of the story.

I thought you had a good summary! I think it was long, but that is okay because a lot of important things happened in this weeks reading. I think you hit all the imporant points. Rachel

You had a great summary for this week's reading! I thought it was longer that the other ones but that was good because you hit every key part of the end of the book. You did very good at explaining the end of the book very well! Emma