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Retelling Stories: Plot Elements and Central Lessons
1st Grade · Ela · Open Global English
7 lessons
Goal
Retell fables, folktales, and fairy tales sequentially while identifying the problem, resolution, and central message.
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Retelling Story Events in Order: Beginning, Middle, End
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- 1Retelling Story Events in Order: Beginning, Middle, EndUp nextStart
- 2Identifying the Story Problem and Rising ActionPremiumNot started yet
- 3Discovering How a Story Problem Is SolvedNot started yet
- 4Retelling Fables and Finding the MoralNot started yet
- 5Identifying Central Message or Moral in Fables and MythsNot started yet
- 6Retelling Fairy Tales with Magical and Sequential DetailsNot started yet
- 7Explaining the Lesson a Character LearnsNot started yet
Standards Covered
- OGE.2.RL.2Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 2 / Grade 1 (Age 6) · Grade 1Retell literary narratives (including fables, fairy tales, legends, and folktales) in sequential order, describing main plot elements (problem, rising events, and resolution) while identifying the central message, moral, or lesson.
- OGE.2.RL.3Open Global English Standards 2026™ · Ela · Level 2 / Grade 1 (Age 6) · Grade 1Describe characters, settings, and major events in a story using text details and illustrations, explaining character traits, motives, feelings, and the reasons behind character actions.
Curriculum Framework
1st Grade · Ela · Open Global English
1
7 lessons
Asking and Answering Questions About Stories
Ask and answer who, what, where, when, why, and how questions using story details, illustrations, and inferences.
2
7 lessons
Retelling Stories: Plot Elements and Central Lessons
Retell fables, folktales, and fairy tales sequentially while identifying the problem, resolution, and central message.
3
7 lessons
Exploring Characters, Settings, and Story Events
Describe characters, settings, and events using text details and illustrations to explain traits, motives, and actions.
4
8 lessons
Sensory Words, Feeling Words, and Poetic Devices
Identify sensory words, emotional language, rhyme, rhythm, repetition, and alliteration in stories, poems, and songs.
5
7 lessons
Understanding Literary Genres and Story Structure
Distinguish between prose stories, poems, and drama scripts while analyzing narrative beginnings, developments, and endings.
6
6 lessons
Point of View: Identifying Who Tells the Story
Identify who is narrating a story at various points and distinguish between first-person and third-person perspectives.
7
6 lessons
Comparing Characters and Cultural Stories
Compare and contrast adventures, experiences, actions, and cultural backgrounds across diverse global stories.