Are you looking for a step-by-step, done-for-you way to teach narrative retell skills without piecing together visuals, worksheets, and activities from multiple resources? This Narrative Language & Retell: Teach & Practice resource is a comprehensive, scaffolded system designed to help students understand story structure, sequence events, and confidently retell and create narratives—all in one organized binder-style tool.
What Skills Does This Resource Target?
✔ Narrative retell & story structure
✔ Sequencing events (4–6 steps)
✔ Expressive language & sentence formulation
✔ Listening & reading comprehension
✔ Organization of spoken and written narratives
✔ Story creation & generalization
INCLUDED IN THIS RESOURCE:
This multi-step system is organized for easy planning, therapy flow, and carryover.
STEP 1: Narrative Elements
Help students understand the building blocks of stories:
- Foundational Narrative Elements handout
- Visual posters for character, setting, problem, events, and solution
- Multiple-choice narrative element practice
- Color-coding story elements
- Homework pages for carryover
STEP 2: Sequencing Practice
Build logical story flow and event order:
- Picture sequencing activities (4–6 steps)
- Oral retell prompts using transition words
STEP 3: Retelling Stories
Strengthen expressive language and comprehension:
- Short stories for guided retell
- Video retell strategies (perfect for engagement!)
- Narrative graphic organizers
- Sentence frames
- SWBST (Somebody Wanted But So Then) instruction & organizers
STEP 4: Create Your Own Narrative
Apply skills through original storytelling:
- Narrative planning sheets
- Story creation and retell worksheets
- Drawing + writing integration
Generalization & Review
- Narrative element task cards
- “What’s Missing?” story activities
- Build-your-own mini story prompts
- Element sorting and identification cards
Many students struggle with narrative retell because they’re missing the foundational skills needed to understand how stories work. Without explicit instruction in story elements and sequencing, retells can feel disorganized, incomplete, or frustrating for both students and SLPs.
That’s where this Teach & Practice format comes in. This resource walks students through four intentional steps, ensuring mastery of each skill before moving on—making narrative retell clearer, more structured, and more achievable.
Why SLPs Love This Resource
✔ Follows a clear skill progression
✔ Perfect for individual or group therapy
✔ Easy to store in a binder or task card deck
✔ Supports RTI, push-in, pull-out, and home carryover
✔ Works with books, videos, and personal narratives
Everything is designed to be low-prep, reusable, and flexible, so you can grab what you need and get straight to therapy.
MORE LANGUAGE TOOLS:
- Social Language Teach and Practice GROWING Bundle
- Asking and Answering Questions Teach and Practice
- Perspective Taking: Teach and Practice
This resource is also included in The Speech Therapy Toolbox!
As always, please leave any questions in a Q&A!
Thank you so much!
Erin Larsen, M.S., CCC-SLP