Retelling Stories with Structure

CONCEPTUAL

English›Reading Comprehension|Ages 6—8|ID: mt_zlSoIKPyId

Retell stories including key details in sequence, describe characters, settings, and major events using evidence from the text, and describe the overall structure of a story (beginning, middle, ending)

Mastery Evidence

Retell a familiar story in order, including at least three key details from beginning, middle, and end
Describe a character's appearance, actions, or personality using details from the text
Explain how the beginning of a story introduces the characters and setting, and how the ending concludes the action

Assessment Prompt

“After reading a story, can [child] describe the main character — including what kind of person they are, what they wanted, and how they felt at the end — using details from the book?”

Curriculum Standards5 alignments

RL.1.2Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

RL.1.2

Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.

English Language Arts

RL.1.3Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

RL.1.3

Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story, using key details.

English Language Arts

RL.2.5Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts & Literacy in History/Social Studies, Science, and Technical Subjects

RL.2.5

Describe the overall structure of a story, including describing how the beginning introduces the story and the ending concludes the action.

English Language Arts

Eng/KS1/Y2/C/1cThe national curriculum in England

Retell stories

develop pleasure in reading, motivation to read, vocabulary and understanding by becoming increasingly familiar with and retelling a wider range of stories, fairy stories and traditional tales

English · Key Stage 1

Eng/KS1/Y2/C/2cThe national curriculum in England

Make inferences

understand both the books that they can already read accurately and fluently and those that they listen to by making inferences on the basis of what is being said and done

English · Key Stage 1

Prerequisites2

Characters, settings, and events
hardAges 5—8
Reading with Expression and Accuracy
softAges 6—10

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Characters, settings, and events hard
Character/narrator analysis builds on Y1 story elements
- Listening to Texts Read Aloud hard
  Need to engage with stories before identifying elements
Reading with Expression and Accuracy soft
Expressive reading supports deeper character analysis
- Building sentences soft
  Understanding sentence structure supports expressive phrasing
- Alternative Spellings for Known Sounds soft
  Wider GPC knowledge supports fluent reading
  - Consonant Digraphs hard
    Must know consonant digraphs before learning alternative consonant GPCs
    - Single Letter Sounds hard
      Must know single letters before digraphs
      - Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
  - Vowel Digraphs hard
    Must know common vowel digraphs before learning alternative representations
    - Single Letter Sounds hard
      Must know single letter sounds before vowel digraphs
      - Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
  - Single Letter Sounds hard
    Must know single letter sounds before learning alternatives
    - Knowing all letters hard
      Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
      - Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
  - Blending Sounds to Read Words hard
    Alternative GPCs build on basic blending ability
    - Single Letter Sounds hard
      Need GPC knowledge to blend
      - Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
    - Onsets & Rimes hard
      Phoneme awareness needed for blending
      - Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
      - Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
- Reading fluently hard
  Expressive reading builds on basic reading fluency
  - Blending Sounds to Read Words hard
    Must be able to decode before fluency
    - Single Letter Sounds hard
      Need GPC knowledge to blend
      - Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
    - Onsets & Rimes hard
      Phoneme awareness needed for blending
      - Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
      - Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level
  - Reading High-Frequency Words by Sight hard
    Need sight word bank for fluency
    - Knowing all letters hard
      Need to recognise letters to read sight words
      - Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
    - Blending Sounds to Read Words soft
      Blending helps attempt unfamiliar words but sight words bypass phonics
      - Single Letter Sounds hard
        Need GPC knowledge to blend
        
        Knowing all letters hard
        Must recognise letters before learning their sounds
        
        Understanding print hard
        Must understand print direction before letter identification matters
      - Onsets & Rimes hard
        Phoneme awareness needed for blending
        
        Rhyming words soft
        Rhyme awareness supports finer phoneme skills
        
        Syllables soft
        Syllable awareness builds toward phoneme level

Unlocks2

Story Lessons and Morals
hardAges 7—8
Characters' Viewpoints and Responses
hardAges 6—8