Retelling Fiction
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Basics on the topic Retelling Fiction
Join Ari and Zayd and learn how to retell stories with the tool 'Somebody, Wanted, But, Then, So'.
Transcript Retelling Fiction
"Ari, Ari! I have got to tell you about what just happened to me! It was so wild, I'm going to retell everything!" "What's retelling?" Retelling Fiction. Have you ever tried to tell someone about an amazing show, but you just couldn’t remember all of the details? Maybe you remembered one or two of the important parts but not all of them. If you retell the story using certain tools you'll be able to remember all of the important parts! What is retelling and why is it important? We can use the parts of the word 'retell' to help us understand what retelling is. The 're' part means again and the tell part is when you talk about something that already happened. So, retelling is talking about the important parts of the story again. It's hard to remember every single thing and it would be a very long description. To help, we can use a tool called 'somebody, wanted, but, then, so'. We can see the first letter of each of these words here. Let's learn about this tool and help Zayd retell this amazing thing that happened to him! : "It all started when my friends and I got lost in a pink forest" The S stands for 'someone'. We use this to say who the characters are in the story. Who is in Zayd's story? Zayd and his friends are the 'characters' of this story! "We were looking through the beautiful trees trying to find our way out!" The W stands for 'wanted'. We use this to say what the characters wanted in the story. What did the characters in Zayd's story want? They wanted to find their way out of the pink forest! "We finally found our way out but suddenly we got lost in a world of sweets! There were giant lollipops and bushes made out of candy floss!" The B stands for 'but'. We use this to describe the problem that happens in the story. What is the problem that has happened in Zayd's story? Zayd and his friends got lost in a world of sweets! "It's okay though, because then we rode the marshmallow animals to the pink jelly pool!" The T stands for 'then'. We use this to say what happened after the problem. What happened after Zayd's friends were in the world made of sweets? They rode the marshmallow animals to the pink jelly pool! "So finally we decided to have a pool party!" The last S stands for 'so'. We use this to say what happened at the end of the story. What was the final thing that happened in Zayd's story? Zayd and his friends decided to have a pool party in the jelly pool! Now that we've heard Zayd's story, let's review! Today we learnt about retelling and a tool to help us retell stories! Remember when we retell stories, we are talking again about the events that happened. We can use this tool somebody, wanted, but, then, so to help us. Now, let's see about that jelly party. 'Wait a second, did all of that really happen to you? "Of course it did! I dreamt it, after all!"
Retelling Fiction exercise
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What is retelling?
HintsWhat does re mean. If you reuse something, you are using it again.
If you are telling someone something, you are talking about something that has happened.
SolutionThe re part means again.
The tell part is to talk about something that has already happened.
So, retelling is talking about the important parts of a story again.
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What does SWBTS stand for?
HintsThe first S is about who is in the story.
The W is about what the characters are after. What do they need?
B is when a problem occurs and T continues the story, what happens next?
The final S is about the conclusion of the story. What happened in the end?
SolutionS: somebody
W: wanted
B: but
T: then
S: so
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What does each part of SWBTS mean?
HintsLet's look at each word that makes up our SWBTS strategy.
- Somebody
- Wanted
- But
- Then
- So
- Is the somebody in a fiction story the characters in the story or the problem that they face?
- We use somebody to tell who the characters are in the story.
- What do you think the word but represents?
- We use but to describe the problem that happens in the story.
How does a fiction story end? We use so to describe the final thing that happened in the story.
SolutionWe use the Somebody, Wanted, But, Then, So strategy to retell all of the important parts of a story.
- Somebody - The main character or characters in the story.
- Wanted - What the character wants.
- But - The problem that happens in the story.
- Then - What happened after the problem.
- So - What happened in the end of the story.
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Retelling a story using SWBTS.
HintsUse this table to help you remember how to use the SWBTS strategy.
Who was this story mostly about? Who had the problem in this story? This is your main character.
Solution- Somebody: Koko
- Wanted: To enjoy a relaxing beach day
- But: Seagulls came and ate all of her food.
- Then: Zayd and Ari offered to share their picnic.
- So: Koko, Zayd and Ari shared a picnic and had a nice beach day together.
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Read and retell.
HintsUse this table to help you remember how to use the SWBTS strategy.
What was the problem? Why couldn't they go for a hike and picnic?
This goes in the but section.
This story has two main characters. Who are the main characters in this story?
Solution- Somebody: Dee and Kala
- Wanted: To go for a hike and a picnic.
- But: It was raining.
- Then: Dee had an idea: the new ice-cream shop.
- So: They put their rain clothes on and enjoyed ice-creams.
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Read the passage and answer the questions.
HintsHow can you use the Somebody, Wanted, But, Then, So (SWBTS) strategy to help you answer these questions about the story?
The main character is who the story is mostly about.
At the end of the story, we don't know for sure whether Zayd got on the team and competed in tournaments but we do know how he felt.
Solution- Who is the main character in this story? This story is mostly about Zayd.
- What did the main character want? To join the school basketball team
- What was the problem in this story? He was embarrassed and not confident. Zayd did not feel confident enough to try out once he saw all of the other talented players.
- What happened after the problem? Bill told Zayd to focus on himself.
- How did the story end? He felt motivated and had a go. Zayd felt motivated to try out after Bill's encouraging words.
