Retelling a Fiction Story

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A good way to retell a story is to use your hand or a rope as a reminder for the important parts in a story.

First, we will learn to use our hand when retelling a story. Take a piece of paper and trace your hand.

Now, watch this Vodcast - Retelling a Story video and write down the parts of the retell on the fingers as it is shown in the video:

Next, practice this method with a familiar story like The Tortoise and the Hare or The Three Little Pigs. Read aloud from the book.

After you've finished reading, print out the Story-telling Rope sheets from the Downloadable Resources section of the right-hand sidebar. Cut out the large pictures on the sheets (for setting, characters, etc.) and attach them to a string, rope, or piece of yarn.

• Can you name the setting, characters, problem, beginning, middle, end, and solution of the story you just read?

Retell the story, moving your hand down your story-telling rope, touching each picture as you say the characters, setting, problem, beginning, middle, end, and solution of the story.

Now that you know how to retell a story with a story-telling rope, move on to the Got It? page, where you'll choose your own story to read and re-tell!