Retelling a story

English

Asking and answering questions

Giving and following instructions

In this unit, pupils develop speaking and listening skills by answering questions about themselves, giving and following instructions and retelling a story. They focus on clear speech, attentive listening, maintaining eye contact and responding in full sentences with relevant answers.

Speaking and listening

Which example of storytelling language would be used at the **beginning** of a story?

True or false? We should speak in full sentences when retelling a story. 

Which sentence contains storytelling language?

tell the whole story as quickly as possible.

When retelling a story with a partner, we need to...

True or false? When retelling a story with a partner, we do not need to listen to what they say.

Match the keywords to the correct definitions.

lips moving and speaking at the same time.

Identify which of the following are full sentences.

Put these parts of a story in the order that they take place.

Identify the words that you might hear at the beginning of a fairy tale.

Retelling a story

Lesson outcome