#Storytelling method professional

Write the names of popular children's stories on the board such as Goldilocks and the three bears, Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the beanstalk, etc.

You can easily make up your own story dominoes on other topics such as sci-fi, urban life, football, Harry Potter, etc., or if you are artistic you can even draw pictures on your dominoes instead of words.

Students then re-tell their story to another group and listen to other groups' stories.

Then student C continues, and so on, until all the students have used all their cards and the story is complete. Then student B puts down one of their cards and continues the story. Student A puts down a card and starts the story.The aim of the activity is to tell a story in domino fashion. Tell them to divide the cards evenly amongst the group. Write a selection of key words onto a set of cards (one word per card) and give each group a set of cards. What would a typical day their life be like?.What do you think their family is like?.What kind of lifestyle do you think they lead?.What kind of house do you think they live in?.What do you think they're doing now? Why?.Afterwards students can introduce and present their character to another pair or group. Write various questions on the board for students to discuss in pairs or groups. Give students a picture of someone or a picture of a face from a magazine.Using pictures to help you tell a story is always a good idea even if it is just stick figures drawn on the board as you are telling the story. Then get them to tell you one that they know. Tell the students a simple urban legend or a ghost story.Students then make up their stories and tell them to the rest of the class or other groups. Tell the students they can use any vocabulary or grammar that they want to but that they must use at least five words from the board. Then tell the students they have 10-15 minutes to make up an interesting story about their favourite stars. Then write different words on the board, such as love, jealousy, fame, travel, murder, marriage, luxury hotel, boat, fast car, money, big dark house, family, friends, accident, disappearance, theft, adventure, suspicious, secretive, treasure, jewels, fortune, etc. Get students to bring in cut-out magazine pictures of their favourite stars. Try this at the beginning of class as a warm up and ask the students if they have any funny stories or jokes that they would like to tell you. Tell a short funny story, joke or anecdote.This works well if you model this on the board by drawing your pictures and telling your story first. The students then tell each other their story based on the pictures they have drawn. Get students to divide a sheet of paper into four boxes and then get them to draw pictures about one of the following or similar topics: You will need to decide which key words may need to be pre-taught.The stories should have values that are acceptable to you and your students.

You need to find stories that are interesting to you and your students.creating your own stories using words or pictures.folk stories, fairy stories, Disney films.books, magazines, comics, Reader's Digest, newspapers.There are lots of different fun activities that spin off from stories.If the students know the story in their L1 they can use this knowledge to help them understand or tell the story in L2.Storytelling can provide valuable cultural input.Listening to stories can develop important skills such as prediction, guessing, hypothesising and message decoding.Stories introduce language in a comprehensible and meaningful way.Storytelling gives students a chance to practise oral fluency and extended discourse.

Stories give students a sense of achievement.

Stories allow students to be creative and imaginative.

Stories can be a very versatile and powerful teaching tool.

#Storytelling method professional

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