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Tell it back

Character, setting, plot. Part of reading and writing.

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Tell it back

Character, setting, plot · Alberta Grade 2 · maddyhelps.com

Name
Date

After reading anything — a book, a film, something that happened at school — fill this in. Retelling in order is on the Alberta list and it is the foundation of every comprehension question they will ever meet.

Who

The characters

Where and when

The setting

What happened

First
Then
Next
In the end

If the middle boxes are hard to fill, that is the useful information — it usually means the reading happened without the meaning.

Why this matters is on the reading and writing page. More sheets