Write the main ideas and important details only.

6-7 sentences long.

Ways to organize your summaries: First, Second, Third ; First, Next, Then, Last ; Beginning, Middle, End

Camp Green Lake is a dry, hot, wasteland

There is no lake and there are dangerous animals there.

Stanley Yelnats decided to go to Camp Green Lake.

Camp Green Lake is for bad boys.

Stanley is cursed because of his Great-Great-Grandfather.

Stanley comes from a poor family.

Stanley's father is an inventor.

Stanley arrived at Camp Green Lake and met Mr. Sir.

Mr. Sir told Stanley the rules of Camp Green Lake.

Stanley gets assigned to D tent and meets Mr. Pendanski. Mr. Pendanski is the counselor of D tent and he respects everyone.

Stanley meets the other boys from D tent and learns their nicknames.

Stanley used Armpit's real name so he threw Stanley to the ground.

The shower, food, and bed at Camp Green Lake are all bad.

The boys ask Stanley about what he did and he explains that he stole Clyde 'Sweet Feet' Livingston's shoes. The boys don't believe Stanley.

We learn about what happened to Stanley. We now know that Stanley is innocent.

Stanley digs his first hole and we start to learn about the story of Elya Yelnats, Stanley's great-great grandfather.

Elya loves Myra Menke. He goes to his friend Madame Zeroni for advice. She tells him what to do with the baby pig, and says if he does not carry her up the mountain that his family will be cursed.

Myra lets Elya and Igor pick a number between one and ten to decide who she will marry. Elya is angry and runs away to America. Madame Zeroni curses his family for eternity.