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Retell the Tale!
F 1 2 Pre & Primary Essentials Worksheets English Engaging With & Responding to Literature Analysing, Interpreting & Evaluating Creating Texts 7 Pages

Retell the Tale!

This worksheet helps students practise story sequencing and summarising. Kindergarteners use pictures, Year 1 students write simple sentences, and Year 2 students create a structured summary and explore perspective. Differentiated activities support comprehension, logical sequencing, and storytelling skills. Fast-finisher tasks extend critical thinking and creativity.

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Learning goals

  • We are learning to respond to stories and share our feelings and thoughts about events and characters.
  • We are learning to use appropriate interaction skills to listen and respond to others in different environments and use appropriate voice levels, body language, gestures and eye contact when speaking and listening to others.
  • We are learning to listen to others when taking part in conversations, take turns, contribute ideas, use appropriate language and interaction skills.
  • We are learning to use interaction skills, use positive statements to engage and appropriate language to disagree in group and class settings.
  • We are learning to respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators.
  • We are learning to share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts.
  • We are learning to use appropriate interaction skills to listen and respond to others in different environments.
  • We are learning to use appropriate voice levels, body language, gestures and eye contact when speaking and listening to others.
  • We are learning to listen to others when taking part in conversations, contribute ideas, use appropriate language and interaction skills.
  • We are learning to interact in pair, group and class discussions, taking turns when responding.
  • We are learning to use interaction skills, use positive statements to engage and appropriate language to disagree in group and class settings.
  • We are learning to listen for key information and instructions and build upon ideas in discussions.

Curriculum alignment

AC9EFLY02 9 Interact in informal and structured situations by listening while others speak and using features of voice including volume levels AC9E2LY02 9 Use interaction skills when engaging with topics, actively listening to others, receiving instructions and extending own ideas, speaking appropriately, expressing and responding to opinions, making statements, and giving instructions AC9E1LY02 9 Use interaction skills including turn-taking, speaking clearly, using active listening behaviours and responding to the contributions of others, and contributing ideas and questions AC9EFLE02 9 Respond to stories and share feelings and thoughts about their events and characters ACELT1577 8.4 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators ACELT1783 8.4 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts ACELY1646 8.4 Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations ACELY1784 8.4 Use interaction skills including listening while others speak, using appropriate voice levels, articulation and body language, gestures and eye contact ACELY1656 8.4 Engage in conversations and discussions, using active listening behaviours, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions ACELY1788 8.4 Use interaction skills including turn-taking, recognising the contributions of others, speaking clearly and using appropriate volume and pace ACELY1789 8.4 Use interaction skills including initiating topics, making positive statements and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner, speaking clearly and varying tone, volume and pace appropriately ACELY1666 8.4 Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions
EN1-1A old Communicates with a range of people in informal and guided activities demonstrating interaction skills and considers how own communication is adjusted in different situations ENe-1A old Communicates with peers and known adults in informal and guided activities demonstrating emerging skills of group interaction ENe-10C old Thinks imaginatively and creatively about familiar topics, simple ideas and the basic features of texts when responding to and composing texts EN1-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language to extend and elaborate ideas for social and learning interactions ENE-OLC-01 new Communicates effectively by using interpersonal conventions and language with familiar peers and adults ENE-UARL-01 new Understands and responds to literature read to them
VCELT170 Respond to texts, identifying favourite stories, authors and illustrators VCELT171 Share feelings and thoughts about the events and characters in texts VCELY174 Listen to and respond orally to texts and to the communication of others in informal and structured classroom situations using interaction skills, including listening, while others speak VCELY210 Engage in conversations and discussions, using active listening, showing interest, and contributing ideas, information and questions, taking turns and recognising the contributions of others VCELY244 Listen for specific purposes and information, including instructions, and extend students’ own and others' ideas in discussions through initiating topics, making positive statements, and voicing disagreement in an appropriate manner

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

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