This unit provides an in-depth overview of the ‘retell’ comprehension strategy. It provides 5 steps for remembering retell, examples of stories modelling the strategy, ideas to help remind students and numerous worksheets for practising the skill.
This unit is a great one to revisit throughout the year to remind students of the 5 finger Retell rule and revise the skill when necessary.
Recognise different types of literary texts and identify features including events, characters, and beginnings and endings
Identify some features of texts including events and characters and retell events from a text
Demonstrates emerging skills and knowledge of texts to read and view, and shows developing awareness of purpose, audience and subject matter
Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts
Understands and responds to literature read to them