Storytelling week Project

Kinder 4 2015
June 29, 30 and July 1st
Project Background
The aim of this Project is to tell stories that will appeal to the learners imagination, increase motivation
and create a rich and meaningful context.

Our work will involve:

The developing of listening skills
The acquisition of new vocabulary
The development of the childs literary competence
The communicative exchange involved in stories
Motivation
Stimulation and development of the imagination.

And the list continues

Remember: Children love listening to the same stories over and over again, seize the opportunity and
exploit the material!

During the first or second lesson Beln will go to your lessons and lead the Storytelling session.
Miss Vane will be working on...THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.
Miss Beln will be working on...GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS???
Miss Vivi will be working on...

Storytelling/Storyreading techniques:
Before telling the story: AAA
Activate/Arouse/Arrange
Pre listening activities/Storytelling time

Show them pictures of the characters/place where the story takes place.

Before reading a story: AAA and

Prediction/Covers/Illustrations
DURING storytelling itself
Show off, use body language.
Trigger students imagination
Offer consistent characters, be careful with voices
Read their faces and adapt vocabulary
You should be involved in it, like it.
Trust yourself, do not force reactions

Enjoy the story and the audience!

Look into their eyes
Leave room for their imagination
Improvise and dance your story
No rush, pace your rhythm
Give them time to reflect upon it!
Post telling/reading the story:
Acting out stories/part of the story
Clap if correct/Correct the mistakes
Choosing characters/Describe them/Wanted poster/Invent their families, hobbies, personal info
Comprehension questions
Context setting: Prediction/Description/Change the setting
Dividing stories into sections
Expanding key words
Changing the title
Finding differences in two versions of the same story
Gap-fill: words
Improvising stories
Interviewing characters
Inventing chain stories (qs, a day in the life of)
Inventing half of the story
Maps of the story: layout diagram, with key words, Genre transfer/Media transfer: email, sms,
poem, rap, song, drawing. make a comic strip, cartoon
Reduce the text/Expand the text
Project work
Finger Puppets
Putting sections of the story in order
Rhythm and intonation/Feelings

Bibliography:

Handbooks for the English Classroom: Storytelling by Juan Jess Zaro and Sagrario Salaberri.
(Macmillan, 1995)
The impact of stories by Ma. Laura Garca, M. P. Berbain and A. B. de Caillon (2009)