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Retelling: A detailed telling of a story in a persons own point of view. (Retelling begins with meaning.). Marecha Gaines Jade Okafor Jasmine Slappey Arkeriya Woods. Developing Comprehension.
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Retelling: A detailed telling of a story in a persons own point of view.(Retelling begins with meaning.) Marecha Gaines Jade Okafor Jasmine Slappey Arkeriya Woods
Developing Comprehension • Retelling is one of the best devices for developing both comprehension and awareness of text structure. • Has proved to be effective in improving comprehension and providing a sense of text structure for average and struggling learners.
Combining Questions • Combining questions with retelling enhances the effectiveness of the technique.
Being Successful at Retelling • To be successful at retelling students must: • Comprehend the story • Understand the components of a story • Be able to analyze the story • Have the language required to tell the story • Have the cognitive tools to retell the selection in sequence
Developmental Retelling Pretelling Guided Retelling • Students learn to explain everyday tasks. • The students must be able to think backwards to reconstruct the steps of a task. • The students must be able to think forward to put the steps in order. • Students are first aided by illustrations and artifacts • It is a major developmental level that improves student comprehension of selections as well as their language and cognitive skills.
References Haag, K. (2004). Summarize. Retrieved from http://www.liketoread.com/ read_strats_summarize.php. Pearson Custom Education: Developing literacy: LITR 3130. New York: Pearson Learning Solutions.