Readers retell &
SUMMARIZE LITERATURE
PRIMARY GRADES: Retell literature focusing on the plot
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.
Simple summaries of popular picture books & fairytales.
Google Sheets
Simple and sophisticated summaries of short stories & video shorts. Google Sheets
Retell details in order.
Grades K-1
Mini-Lesson Resources
Grades 2-3 Mini-Lesson Resources
PDF | Landscape | Portrait | Spanish
Google Slide | FigJam
Grades 2-3 Mini-Lesson Resources
Lesson resources with
I-do and We-do examples
Collect details using Ride-the-Story-Plot Roller Coaster.
UPPER GRADES: Summarize only the most important
BASIC Story Pyramid | PDF | Google Slide Advanced Story Pyramid | PDF | Google Slide | “Most Dangerous Game”
Grades 4-6 Mini-Lesson Resources
Lesson resources with
I-do and We-do examples
Grades 7-12 Mini-Lesson Resources
Lesson resources with
I-do and We-do examples
Add “and so” to account for the increasing rising action found in longer stories.
Build a summary with chapter titles.
Acknowledge that different characters experience different “rides” or subplots of the larger story.
