Story Retelling Rubric

Completed, detail: 3
Partial: 2
Fragmentary: 1
Inaccurate: 0
Score
Beginning/Setting (How & where does the story
begin?
Characters (who are the main Characters?)
Problems (What is an important problem in the
story?)
Sequence of major events (What are the most
important things that happen in the story?)
Resolution (How is the problem solved? How does
the story end?)
Was the retelling assisted? (Notes for oral retelling
only)

Name ______________________________

Date ___________

Book Title ____________________________________________________

After you have read the story, use

pictures, words and sentences to retell
what you read. You can label your pictures
and use the lines to write about what you
read. Remember, to be as specific as you
can.

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Next

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Middle

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Then

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End

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