Retellings Adapted from Checking for Understanding, Douglas Fisher and Nancy Frey, and Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Retelling, Emily Kissner Standards: RL1, RL2, RL3, RL5, RL6, RIT1, RIT2, RIT3, RIT5, RIT6, RIT8, SL1, SL4, SL6 This strategy, the oral equivalent of paraphrasing, is best used during reading if an extended text has been chunked into smaller sections (common in textbooks) or as a post-reading routine. Repeated practice with retellings (students usually need four practice sessions) has been shown to have a significant positive impact on reading comprehension (Fisher, Frey 27). Retellings work with both informational and narrative texts. With informational and rhetorical texts, students retell the information and propositions; with narrative texts, students retell the elements of the story.
A Retelling Rubric for Fiction and for Informational Text is available at this site. |