Lesson 6 of 20 · Stories and Retelling
⭐ 30 XP🌳 Story ForestLesson or Message
Stories can have a lesson or message.
🎯 Your mission
Read the story. Find the heart of it.
⚡ The twist
What a character does says more than what they say.
What You'll Learn
Stories can have a lesson or message. We can tell what we learned. Stories can have a lesson or message. We can tell what we learned.
Key Points
Stories can have a lesson or message.
We can tell what we learned.
Check Your Understanding
Question 1
1 of 3What is the lesson or message in the story?
Stretch Challenge
Try this in real life this week.
Tell someone the story in 3 sentences.
For the dinner table
“Tell me what happened in the story — and why it matters.”
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