5.7.D
ELA5th GradeThe student responds to an increasingly challenging variety of sources that are read, heard, or viewed.
The Standard
retell, paraphrase, or summarize texts in ways that maintain meaning and logical order
Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills for English Language Arts and Reading
Teacher's field guide
What This Standard Means
What Students Need to Do
- Students restate what they read, hear, or view without changing the meaning. They keep events and ideas in a clear order while choosing suitable detail.
What Mastery Looks Like
- Students can retell events in order, paraphrase a section without changing its meaning, and summarize only the main points. Their responses are clear and accurate.
Common Misconceptions
- Students may copy whole sentences instead of using their own words. They may include minor details, leave out key ideas, change the meaning, or put events out of order.
How to Assess It
- Give students a six-event narrative. Ask them to retell it in five numbered statements that keep the main events accurate and in order.
Lesson moves
Ways to Teach It
Give pairs six event cards from a familiar story to sequence, then retell the story using the ordered cards.
Ask students to explain how a retelling differs from a summary, then revise an overlong summary together.
Play Summary Sort: students label response cards as retelling, paraphrase, or summary and justify each choice.
Have students paraphrase school announcements for a classmate, keeping every key detail and the original order.
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