Questions: Retelling a Story
5 questions to test your understanding
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Question 1 Multiple Choice
What does it mean to retell a story?
ATo read the book again without stopping
BTo say what happened in the story in your own words
CTo pretend you read it
DTo only tell the ending
Retelling means saying the story again using your own words, remembering the important parts.
Question 2 True / False
You have to remember every single word exactly to retell a story correctly.
Answer: False
Retelling is about the big ideas and important events, not remembering every word perfectly!
Question 3 Short Answer
Tell me a story you know. Cover the beginning, what happened, and the ending.
Think about your answer, then reveal below.
Model answer: Example: A bunny wanted a friend. It looked everywhere. Finally, it found another bunny, and they played together.
A good retelling has a beginning, middle, and end, and shows you understood the story.
Question 4 Multiple Choice
Can you retell a story you heard read out loud, or do you have to be able to read it yourself?
AYou must read it yourself
BYou can retell any story you heard and understood
COnly if it has pictures
DOnly if someone helped you
You can retell any story you heard and understood! You do not have to read it yourself.
Question 5 True / False
A good retelling is just naming the very last thing that happened in the story.
Answer: False
A good retelling covers the beginning, what happened in the middle, and how it ended -- not just the ending!