Comprehension Playbook: Readers summarize literature-Retell literature focusing on the plot - Smekens Education Access

Readers retell &
SUMMARIZE LITERATURE

Summarize Literature - Main Page

PRIMARY GRADES: Retell literature focusing on the plot

Two options for Retelling GO. RETELLING GLOVE

Two options for Retelling GO. STORYBOARD

K-2 TEACHERS: Choose one visual/graphic organizer for the anchor chart and all retelling lessons and activities.

LESSON RESOURCES: Introduce the story elements placed within a Storyboard.

Use the Story Element Strips for students to point to each story element as they orally retell a text.

Cover Art for PB JPEG

Simple summaries of popular picture books & fairytales.
Google Sheets

Cover Art for Short Stories JPEG

Simple and sophisticated summaries of short stories & video shorts. Google Sheets

Retell details in order.

Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources

Storyboard with SMEKENS Icons HORZ. 3 boxes + WANTS

PDF | Landscape | Portrait
Spanish | FigJam

Storyboard with SMEKENS Icons HORZ 3 boxes W LINES

Storyboard | Google Slide

Use the Retelling Glove
for summarizing stories.

Retelling Glove
PDF | FigJam

Teach how to write
out a retelling.

Goldilocks 3 Part Story. JAMBOARD

3-Part Retells
Example | Template

Grades 2-3 Mini-Lesson Resources

Storyboard with SMEKENS Icons HORZ. 5 Boxes + WANTS

PDF | Landscape | Portrait | Spanish
Google Slide | FigJam

Storyboard with SMEKENS Icons HORZ. 9 Boxes + WANTS

PDF | Landscape | Portrait
Spanish | FigJam

Grades 2-3 Mini-Lesson Resources

Literacy eLesson S3 ML2 Grades 2-3 Teacher Resources p3

Lesson resources with
I-do and We-do examples

Literacy eLesson S3 ML2 Grades 2-3 Student Resources p3

You-do texts & templates
PDF | Google Slide

Collect details using Ride-the-Story-Plot Roller Coaster.

Ride the Story Plot Poster_2

Purchase the 18″x 24″ Poster.

Ride the Story Plot - After the Fall

After the Fall | FigJam

Ride the Story Plot - Turkey Trouble

Turkey Trouble | FigJam

Ride the Story Plot. Thank You Maam JAMBOARD

“Thank you, Ma’am” | FigJam

UPPER GRADES: Summarize only the most important

Summarize stories with
Somebody, Wanted, But, So, Then.

SWBST Bad Case of Stripes Example

Google Slide | PDF | Bad Case of the Stripes Example

Simple summaries of
popular children’s books

Grades 4-6 Mini-Lesson Resources

Literacy eLesson S3 ML2 Grades 4-6 p3_Page1

Lesson resources with
I-do and We-do examples

Literacy eLesson S3 ML2 Student Resources Grades 4-6 p1

You-do texts
& templates | Google Slide

Grades 7-12 Mini-Lesson Resources

Literacy eLesson S3 ML2 Grades 7-12 Teacher Resources p10

Lesson resources with
I-do and We-do examples

Literacy eLesson S3 ML2 Grades 7-12 Student Resources p2

You-do texts
& templates | Google Slide

Add “and so” to account for the increasing rising action found in longer stories

Acknowledge that different characters experience different “rides” or subplots of the larger story.

SSite. SWBST w subplots ART

Tuck Everlasting | The Giver | Charlotte’s Web | A Wrinkle in Time | Number the Stars