Tell Me a Story
Teacher Anne Girven
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LEVEL
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DURATION
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| 5-6
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3
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2-3 weeks
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| Achievement Objective Being Assessed
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Learning Outcomes
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| Interpersonal Speaking
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Talk clearly in small or large groups about experiences and events, organising ideas effectively to retell/tell stories.
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| Using Texts
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Use texts to recite, present or perform stories, sequencing material and conveying meaning clearly and accurately.
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| Processes
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| Exploring Language
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Identify and discuss language features and their effects and use these features in retelling/telling stories, adapting them to the topic, purpose and audience.
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| Supporting Achievement Objective
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Learning Outcomes
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| Close Reading
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Discuss language meanings and ideas in a range of texts, relating their understanding to personal experiences and other texts.
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| Presenting
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Use verbal and visual features to communicate information through story telling.
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Teacher background reading
Teaching and learning activities
Learning Centre Activities
- Make booklets or charts of helpful hints on how to be a good storyteller.
- Poster: "What makes a good storyteller/listener?"
- Make a display chart: "Our favourite parts of stories", eg. I really liked the part where she said - "She put the shoe in the freezer".
- Students' taped stories available in the centre for others in the class to listen to.
- Tapes and cassette recorder available in the centre. Students select a favourite storybook, familiarise themselves with the book and review the book on tape.
Select and adapt these learning activities to best meet the needs of your students, and to fit the time available:
It's
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! Meet in a circle with your students and go to work. You will need to start off with a story of your own (or one you've borrowed).
Tips for telling a Story
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Learning task 5
Assessment
Assessment Task
Students will produce a taped anthology of stories with a linking commentary, which will include two personal stories told by themselves, two stories by an older family member and a traditional story. Students will collaborate with others to listen/retell stories, to tape stories and to collect stories from home.
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Assessment schedule
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self_assessment-1 (RTF 236KB)
Resources
Electronic
Print
- Jenings C. Children as Story-Tellers: Developing language skills in the classroom Australia: Oxford University Press
- Journal Surf
