Story Retell
Story Retell
What is happening?
Look at the Title
and the pictures to
give you a clue about
what is
happening in the
story
Use words such as:
(First, Then, Next and
Finally)
When is the story taking place?
Where is the story
happening?
Who are the characters ?
Why is it happening?
Is there a problem?
Is there a solution?
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Ask and Answer
Ask and Answer
?
?
to
After each
What’s happened
whom when where and
why?

Are you able to
What’s happened
page:
Can you tell me one
important thing about a
answer questions

person, or
using 5W’s at the

place or

idea
beginning’ middle and
end of the story
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Good Readers are able to:
Good Readers are able to:
Ask and Answer Questions
Use Visualisation

Read a sentence,

Draw on the five senses
Predict and Re-predict

Guess what you already
paragraph or page and are
When you read you
know about the text and
able to ask and
(see hear smell taste
guess what might happen
answer questions about
touch) through the
next?
what you have read
pictures or words in the
story:

Good Readers are able to:
Give evidence of the

answers
Have a mental image in
your head

Predictions do not have to
be correct

Think carefully about what
you are reading to see test
or revise your predictions

Use the title, headings,
Explain the mental images
before, during and after
sub-headings or even
using evidence from the
the reading process
words in the text to
text such as words,
support answers
phrases, punctuation,

nouns,
adjectives and verbs
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Good Readers are able to:
Good Readers are able to:
Good Readers are able to:
Ask and Answer Questions
Use Prior Knowledge
Infer
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Read a sentence,

Make connections to what

paragraph or page and are
you already know or to
reading strategies as well
able to ask and
what your are about to
such as prior knowledge,
answer questions about
read
ask and answering of
what they have read
questions, visualisation,


prediction, and
Connect new information
Give evidence of the
with what you know to
answers
help comprehend what you
summarising

read

Inference uses other
words that the author has
used
Use the title, headings,
sub-headings or even
Uses examples, clues or

To think about what you

Find and use links /
words in the text to
have learned and whether
connections between
support answers
it makes sense
author’s ideas

Gains the deeper
understanding of the text
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