Retelling and elaboration < Back to Oral Language Retelling and elaboration Stage 1 Junior & Senior Infants Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 2 1st & 2nd Class Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 3 3rd & 4th Class Through appropriately playful and engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Stage 4 Fifth and Sixth class Through appropriately engaging learning experiences, children should be able to Tell and retell imaginative stories and narratives of increasing complexity to familiar and unfamiliar audiences using appropriate sequencing, tense and oral vocabulary. Taitneamh a bhaint as éisteacht le scéalta gearra simplí agus tuiscint ar na príomhphointí iontu a léiriú. Scéalta gearra atá cloiste acu a athinsint, ag úsáid teanga/frásaí ón téacs agus/nó ag úsáid a gcuid focal féin. Scéalta pearsanta/neamhphearsanta a insint agus a athinsint san ord ceart do luchtanna éisteachta éagsúla. Aimsirí agus stór focal oiriúnach a úsáid don chur síos. (TF9, C1 + 2 + 3) Create narratives and retell stories and events, both real and imaginary, for various audiences, using imaginative and figurative language, elaborating where appropriate. Scéalta pearsanta/neamhphearsanta agus scéalta samhlaíocha a insint ag déanamh cur i láthair struchtúrtha do luchtanna éisteachta éagsúla. Aimsirí agus stór focal oiriúnach a úsáid don chur síos. (TF9, C4) Progression steps The child… participates in story telling activities The child… with help, participates in singing songs, reciting rhymes, retelling stories, providing accounts, and presenting objects and news The child… with help, shares a familiar or personalfamiliar or personal story, activity or event using single or multiple words. The child… exchanges information on a shared experience. with help, identifies main characters and sequences main points in a narrative. constructs a story drawing on experiences and orally narrates to a group with support. gives an account from direct experience sequencing up to three key events. The child… retells the main points of an unshared event or conversation using a clear structure to an audience Audience The audience is the intended group of readers, listeners, viewers that the writer, designer, or speaker is addressing. of peers. creates a short story, identifying main characters and events and tells main points of their own news. retells a familiar story sequencing key events. explains a factual account from direct experience to a group, introduces a topic, outlines and describes processes. The child… sequences events of own news in the correct order and responds to questions on it. names and describes a problem giving main details and possible solutions. retells a wider range of events in the past, present and future and predicts outcomes. The child… uses more narrative plots retells stories, explaining events and outcomes, describing characters, and identifying problems and predicting solutions begins to sequence events forwards and backwards describes news and events, elaborating to add detail to improve understanding for the listener The child… shows a clear structure in narratives with beginning, problem, plan and a resolution uses backwards and forwards referencing to elaborate on points made The child… creates long and detailed narratives on complex concepts and events not encountered daily retells stories, using the language of the text: identifies the title, names and describes characters, sequences events, explains events and outcomes, describes problems and suggests solutions, predicts outcomes and identifies and discusses the moral of the story. The child… creates engaging oral narratives, making effective use of aesthetic Aesthetic The aesthetic dimension of language relates to the use of language imaginatively, creatively and artistically. , imaginative and figurative language elaborates using appropriate language, sequencing, register, intonation, pace, gestures, body language and imagery watches and listens attentively in order to retell complex stories and events, keeping the audience Audience The audience is the intended group of readers, listeners, viewers that the writer, designer, or speaker is addressing. /listener engaged and informed The child… discusses and reflects on their own and others’ style of oral storytelling, recognising the influence of culture and identity in how stories are told analyses, synthesises and spontaneously retells stories and events, editing and/or elaborating for specific purposes Support materials for teachers Oral Language - Teanga ó Bhéal Example of student work Oral Language - Teanga ó Bhéal Relevant across all strands Example of student work Relevant across all strands Examples of children's language learning Oral Language: Wordless Picture Books Example of student work