Lisa Reagan

TERG 3703

3/19/19

Oral Retell Analysis

An oral retelling analysis was administered to Kaliyah E. on March 13th, 2019. Kaliyah is

turned nine years old. She is in the 3rd grade at Volney Rogers Elementary School. The

assessment that was administered is called Story Retelling Evaluation Guide, which was created

by Morrow in the year 1997. The book that was used to administer this assessment is written by

Molly Bang in 1999 and it is called When Sophie Gets Angry – Really, Really Angry…

The assessment began with the silent reading portion, in which Kaliyah was asked to

retell the story after she finished reading it to herself. Kaliyah scored 15 out of 18 points for the

silent reading retelling portion. Kaliyah received a point for beginning the oral retelling with an

introduction. She received a point for naming the main character, Sophie. Kaliyah also received

two out of three points for identifying the mother and sister as other characters. It appears that

Kaliyah did not include a time or place of the setting in her initial retell of the story. Kaliyah

received a point for recalling the problem to be solved by the main character. It seems that

Kaliyah was able to identify six out of the seven plot episodes in the story. Kaliyah received a

point for identifying the solution to the problem. She received a point for ending the story.

Lastly, Kaliyah received two points for retelling the story in a structural order. These findings

show that Kaliyah was able to grasp a good amount of the material by silently reading the story.

This means that her comprehension for silent reading is fairly proficient, leaving out just a few

details of the story.

 After the silent reading retelling, the teacher candidate read the story aloud to Kaliyah.

She was then asked to give another retelling of the story. For this retelling, Kaliyah received a

score of 17 out of 18 points. Kaliyah received a point for beginning with an introduction and

another point for naming the main character. She received two out of three points for naming the

mom and sister as other characters, but it seems that she did not name Sophie’s dad as a

character. It appears that Kaliyah provided a statement about the place of the setting during the

second retelling. She received a point for referring to the main characters problem to be solved.

She received seven out of seven points for identifying the number of plot episodes. Kaliyah

gained a point by recalling the solution to the problem and providing an ending to the story.

Kaliyah received two points for retelling the story in the proper sequence of the setting, theme,

plot episodes, and resolution. Kaliyah seems to have a great grasp on listening comprehension.

She was able to identify nearly all of the story elements but forgot to mention Sophie’s father as

a character in the end of the story.

While retelling the story, it seems that Kaliyah retold the story very quickly. It appeared

that during the silent reading, she read the story carefully and examined the illustrations to assist

her in understanding the text. She paused briefly after every other sentence to gather her thoughts

on what happened next in the story. Kaliyah did not often pause between sentences, as she

seemed to rush through the retellings. It seems that Kaliyah was able to recall the story in more

detail after having it be read aloud to her. Kaliyah appeared to be able to tell the story in a

structural order of events for each retelling.

Kaliyah seems to have great comprehension skills, especially when it comes to listening

comprehension. She received two more points for listening comprehension than she did on the

silent reading comprehension. It appeared that Kaliyah used pictures clues to help guide her in
her silent reading comprehension. The child may need additional instructional time for learning

to recall the time or place of the setting, all of the supporting characters, and the falling action of

a text. Overall, Kaliyah was able to verbally retell the story in detail for both retellings.