Recounting a Story

IntroductoryLesson

Drag and Drop

We can retell or ​

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stories from around the ​

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by telling key ​

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in the ​

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in which they ​

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.

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recount

events

order

happened

world

Drag and Drop

When you recount a story, you are ​

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the story in your own words. Be sure that you include the ​ ​

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that happened in the ​

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. Tell the events in ​

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, or order, in which they ​

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.

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retelling

key details and events

beginning, middle, and end

sequence

happened

Reorder

Reorder the following

• A mother wants her children to stop arguing.

• The mother shows her children that one stick breaks easily, but a bundle of sticks cannot be broken.

• The children do not argue as much.

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

​A mother wants her children to stop arguing.

The mother shows her children that one stick breaks easily, but a bundle of sticks cannot be broken.

The children do not argue as much.

Match

Match the following

• retell a story in your own words

• order

• who or what a story is about

• where the story happens

• things that happen

retell

sequence

character

setting

events

• retell

• sequence

• character

• setting

• events