Why Retell a Story?

The importance of retelling stories is that it allows students to learn to organize and describe events, which enhances reading comprehension. ... Retelling stories helps ELLs begin to understand sequence, plot, and characterization as they build vocabulary and comprehension skills.

Why story retell is important?

Each retelling increases the children's familiar- ity with the story and offers more opportunities for their participation during the experience. These retellings also help children build frameworks, characters, and vocabulary to use when they create their own stories. Young children enjoy and learn from a story told.

How does retelling a story help with comprehension?

As a comprehension strategy, "retelling encourages readers to attend to the meaning of the text; reinforces elements of story structure, such as character, setting, and plot; requires readers to distinguish between key ideas and supporting details; encourages communication and oral language development" (Rog, 2003, p.