New York State Elementary Test Prep- ELA 4- Grade 3 Story Summary

Answer Key

1. What is the main idea? Write a sentence that tells the main idea of the story.

Daedalus and his son, Icarus, were imprisoned on an island and couldn't escape.

2. What are the most important things that happened in the story? Write one or 2 sentences.

They made wings to fly off the island.

The son did not listen to his father and his wings melted when he flew too close to the sun.

3. Put the sentences from 1 and 2 together. Write them on the lines below. This is your story summary.

Daedalus and his son, Icarus, were imprisoned on an island and couldn't escape. They made wings to fly off the island. The son did not listen to his father and his wings melted when he flew too close to the sun.