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Story retelling is an easy strategy to use in the classroom and is particularly effective for deaf students because they can retell the story in ASL without having to translate their responses into English. Story retelling is used with narrative text. It is particularly successful with elementary students but can be used with students of all ages.
1. Tell the students that they will be asked to retell the story when they have finished reading.
2. Inform the students that they should include specific information about the characters, setting, problem, main episodes/events, and resolution.
3. After reading, ask individual to retell the story as if telling it to a friend who does not know it.
4. The student tells the story, noting the important parts mentioned in #2.
5. If the student is hesitant, use prompts.
6. When the retelling is finished, ask questions about any important parts that were omitted, or ask the student to reread important information that was omitted.
7. Retelling can also be adapted to small group or partner activities. |
