Retelling the Story

What are the parts of retelling a story?

• setting, characters, problem solution

• setting, characters, beginning, middle, end

• characters, details, text evidence

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Additional knowledge about a topic should be included in a summary even if it is not in the passage being summarized.

• True

• False

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Thinking about the retelling graphic organizer... What does the But part tell us?

• That something happens (problem)

• Who the main characters are

• What the main character(s) want in the story

Answer explanation

Remember that the But part tells us the problem that the characters face.

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Thinking about the retelling graphic organizer... What does the Then part tell us?

• That something happens (problem)

• What the characters do to try and solve the problem

• How everything turns out for the characters in the end

Answer explanation

Remember that the Then part tells us how everything turns out for the characters in the end.

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Summarizing is retelling everything that happened in the story.

• True

• False

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A summary includes only the most important ideas.

• True

• False

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A good retelling includes details that do not have to do with the plot of the story.

• true

• false

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Thinking about the retelling graphic organizer... What does the So part tell us?

• That something happens (problem)

• What the characters do to try and solve the problem

• What the main character(s) want in the story

Answer explanation

Remember that the So part tells us how the characters try to solve the problem.

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Thinking about the retelling graphic organizer... What does the Somebody part tell us?

• What you are reading about

• Who the main characters are

• Who is reading the story

Answer explanation

Remember that the Somebody part tells us who the main characters of the story are.

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Choose all the answer choices that answer the following question. (hint: think about the organizer we use to retell)

When we are retelling a story what should we include?

• The main characters

• what the main characters want

• what stops the main character from getting what they want (problem)

• what does the character do to try and solve the problem?

• what happens to the characters at the end of the story

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