ORAL STORY
RETELLING
RUBRIC
2013 Tamara Anderson,M.S.,CCC-SLP
Hey there! I appreciate your purchase of my best
selling Oral Story Retelling Rubric. I created this
product in 2013 because I needed a way to measure
my students’ progress with verbal narratives in
speech-language therapy.
I can not even count the amount of times that my
students and I drew plot maps or mountains. I
frequently reminded them of the 5 key areas of
1)introduction 2) rising action 3) climax 4) falling
action 5) conclusion. I also taught them about the
sequence of events, character, character traits,
setting, problem, solution, and other key story
elements.
I am glad that I now have a way to quantify and
document their oral retelling skills and progress. I
recommend recording your students’ verbal
narratives and then assigning a score using this
rubric. If you have any questions, you may email me
at tamaraanderson.bsl@gmail.com.
Thanks,
Tamara Anderson
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Student’s Name:
SLP/Teacher’s Name:
Date:
Directions: Circle the # that corresponds with each Performance Element Category based on the student’s oral story retelling
abilities. If the student does not meet any of the criteria on the rubric, write a score of 0 in that row. Add up the total # of points
in each performance element category and write it at the bottom of the chart. Record the percentage of accuracy as well.
Performance
Element
CHARACTERS
SETTING
PROBLEM
OR
RISING ACTION/
CLIMAX
5
4
3
2
1
The student
named all the
characters in the
story and 2
associated
character traits.
The student
named all the
characters in the
story and 1
associated
character trait.
The student
named all, but
one of the
characters.
The student
recalled and
named one of the
characters in the
story.
5
4
The student
named all the
characters in the
story, but did not
recall or express
any character
traits.
3
2
1
The student
accurately
communicated
where the story
took place
including
setting changes
(if any) with at
least 3
descriptive
details.
5
The student
accurately
communicated
where the story
took place
including
setting changes
(if any) with 2
descriptive
details.
The student
accurately
communicated
where the story
took place
including setting
changes (if any)
with 1 descriptive
detail.
The student
accurately
communicated 1
of the places the
story happened,
but did not
verbally express
changes in the
setting.
4
3
The student
accurately
communicated
where the story
took place
including setting
changes (if any),
but did not use
any descriptive
details
(adjectives).
2
The student
retold the story
by directly
stating the
problem that the
characters
experienced.
Or
The student
clearly stated
events that
happened in the
beginning of the
story and the
turning point or
climax of story
that made the
story exciting or
interesting.
The student
retold the story
by directly
stating the
problem, but
did not discuss
specific
characters.
Or
The student
clearly stated
events that
happened in the
story, but
needed a verbal
prompt to
explain the
climax.
The student retold
the story by
directly stating
the problem with
1 verbal prompt
from the SLP or
teacher.
The student
retold the story
by directly
stating the
problem with 2
verbal prompts
from the SLP or
teacher.
Or
Or
The student retold The student did
the story with 1
not clearly state
verbal prompt
the events or
from the SLP or
climax with
teacher to express independence.
the events that
He or she needed
happened in the
2 verbal prompts
beginning of the
from the SLP or
story and the
teacher to do so.
climax.
1
The student
needed a picture
prompt from the
story in order to
state the problem
that the characters
experienced.
Or
The student did
not clearly state
the events or
climax with
independence. He
or she needed a
picture prompt
from the SLP or
teacher to do so.
SOLUTION
OR
FALLING
ACTION/
CONCLUSION
5
The student
retold the story
by directly
stating the
solution that a
character or
characters
thought of and
implemented.
The student
clearly states
how the
problem was
solved.
Or
The student
clearly stated
events that
happened that
led to the
ending of the
story and
important
details that
occurred at the
conclusion.
4
The student
retold the story
by directly
stating how the
problem was
solved, but did
not mention
what character
thought of the
idea.
3
The student retold
the story by
stating how the
problem was
solved, but
needed 1 verbal
prompt from the
SLP or teacher to
do so.
2
The student
retold the story
by directly
stating how the
problem was
solved, but
needed 2 verbal
prompts from the
SLP or teacher to
do so.
1
The student
needed a picture
prompt from the
story in order to
state the solution
to the problem
that the characters
experienced.
Or
The student retold The student did
the story by
clearly state the
clearly stating the events that lead
events that led to to the end of the
the end of the
story, but needed
story, but he or
2 verbal prompts
she needed 1
from the SLP or
verbal prompt
teacher to do so.
from the SLP or
teacher to do so.
The student did
not clearly state
the events that led
to the end of the
story with
independence. He
or she needed a
picture prompt
from the SLP or
teacher to do so.
Or
Or
Or
The student
clearly stated
the events that
happened
towards the end
of the story, but
missed an
important detail
from the
conclusion.
ORAL STORY RETELLING RESULTS
ADD UP THE NUMBER OF POINTS IN ALL PERFORMANCE
ELEMENT CATEGORIES & CALCULATE THE % OF ACCURACY
(out of a possible 20 points)
Created by Tamara Anderson, M.S., CCC-SLP 2013
Progress Monitoring Tool
TOTAL SCORE
&
PERCENTAGE: