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Retelling
What is retelling? What information should you convey when you retell a story?
Copyright © 2015 The Teacher Writing Center, a division of SG Consulting, Inc.
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Warm-Up
Look carefully at the pictures.
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Discuss Responses
What do the pictures show? What happens first? Second? Next? Last?
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These pictures show the steps in making
M&M cookies. First, mix the dough. Next,add the M&Ms. Then, scoop the doughonto a cookie sheet. Finally, you
have the baked cookies.
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What is “retelling”?
Retelling is giving relevant information about
the main points of a story or event.
After that, Helen served the most delicious cookies I have ever tasted.Slide6
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retell, you give the reader or listener relevant information about the main points of a story or event. Slide7
Retelling fictional stories
If your teacher asks you to retell a fictional story such as “Little Red Riding Hood,” you should focus on the setting, characters, and plot. “
Little Red Riding Hood” takes place at the grandmother’s cottage in the woods. The story is about a wolf who tries to eat Little Red Riding Hood.
Setting
: where the story takes placeCharacters: who is in the storyPlot: the order of eventsSlide8
Retelling nonfiction events
If your teacher asks you to retell the events leading up to the Great Depression or some other real event, you should focus on the sequence of events, the key people involved, and the setting.
The Great Depression began after the stock market crash of 1929. It affected all Americans. President Franklin Roosevelt led the country’s economic recovery.
Sequence of events
: the order in which the events happened People: the key people involved in the eventsSetting: where the events took placeSlide9
Key terms associated with retelling
First, the stock market crashed.
In the beginning, …
At the start, …
First, …
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After that
, many companies closed down and people lost their jobs.
Second, …
Next, …
After that, …Example
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Finally
, President Franklin Roosevelt created programs to get Americans working again.
Then, …
Last, …
Finally, …Example
Key terms associated with retellingSlide12
For Reference and More Practice …
Refer to the Retelling Student Reference Sheet.
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