Retelling Checklist—Fiction

Name ______Date ______

Title ______

Retell your story. Make sure you include all of these parts, but remember to sound like a storyteller!

Opening

I began my retelling with an introduction. _____ without help _____ with help

Setting

I included when and where my story happened. _____ without help _____ with help

Characters

I told who the main characterwas and what the main character did. _____ without help _____ with help

I told about other characters. _____ without help _____ with help

Problem

I told about the most important problem in the story.

_____ without help _____ with help

Events

I told about the important events of the story in the correct order. (Enough details but not too many.) _____ without help _____ with help

Solution

I told how the problem was solved. _____ without help _____ with help

I told how the story ended. _____ without help _____ with help

Complete the plus/delta for your retelling. Tell something you did well and what you need to remember for next time.

+ / 

I told my story to ______.

Retelling Checklist—Non-Fiction

Name ______Date ______

Title ______

Retell your story. Make sure you include all of these parts, but remember to sound like a storyteller!

Topic

I began by telling what the book was all about. _____ without help _____ with help

Main Idea(s)

I told one main idea and a detail about that main idea.

_____ without help _____ with help

I told another main idea and a detail about that main idea.

_____ without help _____ with help

Vocabulary

I used some of the important words about the topic in my retelling.

_____ without help _____ with help

Some of the words I used were ______.

Accuracy

My information about the topic was correct. _____ without help _____ with help

Complete the plus/delta for your retelling. Tell something you did well and what you need to remember for next time.

+ / 

I told my story to ______.