Retelling a Story – Brochure Guide

Looking for a new and fresh way for your students to practise retelling a familiar story? Why not use this brochure template to guide them in covering the elements of a good retell. The brochure template includes:

• Book Title
• Steps to Retell
• Characters
• Setting
• Beginning
• Middle
• Ending

This brochure is a great guide to give to students who are just learning what to include in their retells.

Retelling a Story Activities

Are you looking for more activities to include in your story retelling lesson planning? Why not incorporate some of these activities:

• Create a timeline on a long piece of paper for students to place key events from a story in chronological order.
• Provide students with a blank map and have them plot the story’s setting and major locations. Get students to draw pathways showing the movements of characters through the setting.
• In pairs or small groups, have students take turns retelling different sections of the story.
• Have students write a concise summary of the story in a specified word limit.

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This resource was created by Lindsey Phillips, a Teach Starter collaborator.

More Printable Story Retell Resources

We have you covered with some other printable resources that are perfect to add to the above retell activities:

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