Why?•Extended language

•Sentence level work

•Cultural

•Find out new language

•Stimulus for creativity

•Reinforce everything children do in English

•Fun for pupils, motivating and confidence-building

•Fun for you !

What?•Traditional tales

•Stories which are simple, repetitive & exciting

•Fit the story to the pupils’ maturity level

•Stories with attractive illustrations

•Use books or make them up yourself

What?Books: •Children’s books•Big books

Write your own !•Use online authoring tools•PowerPoint(More about this later!)

What can I do with a story?•Pupils react to sounds/words/phrases with a physical response

•Pupils act out parts of the story

•Pupils provide sound effects, missing words or phrases, or a refrain

•Provide a good model of pronunciation and sustained language. Pupils have to listen and concentrate

What can I do with a story?•Read story to the class, then repeat certain words, reading from word cards

•Read story to pupils, they join in saying some key sentences and words while performing actions and sound effects. Children can gradually take over the storytelling.

•Involve children in the story from the start with actions and gestures, choral repetition of language, complete repeated sentences, hold up a card when you hear a certain thing

What would I do with this story?•Choral reading, enjoying the animal noises

•Do an action every time you hear an animal word

•Find the animal words and their genders

•Find the word for “says”

•Use dictionary to find other animals

•Research the sounds the new animals make

•Use writing frame to write own story“Un/Una _____ dice _____”

Je m’appelle David.

J’habite aux États-Unis et je parle anglais.

Je m’appelle Isabel.

J’habite au Mexique et je parle espagnol.

Je m’appelle Elsa.

J’habite en Suisse et je parle allemand.

Je m’appelle Robert.

J’habite au Canada et je parle français.

Je m’appelle Sonja.

J’habite en Afrique du Sud et je parle afrikaans.

Et toi?

Comment t’appelles-tu?

Où habites-tu?

Quelle langue parles-tu?

How can I present my own story?

Mini-books

How can I present my own story?

Storybird Storybird Wiki

Storyjumper

Click the wall to find out more

www.wallwisher.com/wall/storytelling

So what now ?•Sign up for Storybird or Storyjumper

•Think of a topic for which you could create a short story

•Get started !

•To share your story:

Storybird: On the “homepage” of your story, click on “Send to a friend”

Storyjumper: My > select story > share