Transcript Let’s go into the world of STORIES

故事教學活動設計
張齡心 Isabel Chang
台北市仁愛國小
台北市國小英語輔導團
Do you like stories?
 Do you like to tell stories?
 Do you tell stories to your children?
 Do you tell stories to your students in
class?
 Why do we tell stories?
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What is storytelling?
Reading a story vs. telling a story
Why do we tell stories in
our English class?
Language presented as a whole and in
context.
 Reduce stress.
 Involve naturally, attention on the plot.
 Learn another culture.
 Variety to the classroom.
 Presentation and/or review of a topic
Story time  learning time  fun time
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Be prepared!!
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Familiarize yourself physically with the
book.
Read the story several times until you feel
at ease and confident.
Decide where you will break up the story.
Decide when you wish to pause in the story
to invite your students to join in.
Plan what you’re going to say about the
illustration.
What to consider
when telling a story?
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Students’ sitting arrangement
Voice
Pause
Body language, gestures, facial expressions
Props , illustrations
Sound effects
Interactions
Creativity
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Selecting stories…
Students’ age
 Students’ language level
 Types of stories:
rhyming stories
repetitive stories
fairy tales
theme related
pattern based
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Activities related to
story telling
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Before
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During
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After
How do you tell stories?
Using story books
 Using big books
 Using a projector
 Using the computer
 Using audio cds
 Using props
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Lesson Planning
for story sessions
Select a book
 Consider the students’ background
 Decide how the story will be
presented
 Decide what props will be used during
the story
 Design activities related to the story
 Get feedback from the students
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Holiday related books:
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In the Hunted House by Eve Bunting
Froggy’s Halloween by Jonathan London
Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman
If you Take a Mouse to the Movies by Laura
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Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present
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The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet &
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Numeroff
by John Burningham
Allan Ahlberg
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Snowman by Raymond Briggs
The Most Wonderful Egg in the
World by Helme Heine
 What’s in This Egg? By Jillian Cutting.
 Chickens aren’t the Only Ones by
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Ruth Heller
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Papa, Please Get the Moon For me by
Eric Carle
Stories with repetitive patterns
WHAT! by Kate Lum and Adrian
Johnson
 Whose Mouse Are You? By Robert
Kraus.
 Washing Line by Jez Alborough
 Little Cloud by Eric Carle
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Stories for teaching vocabulary
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Froggy Gets Dressed by Jonathan London
There’s an Octopus Under my Bed by Dawn
Apperley
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
The Grouchy Ladybug by Eric Carle
Good Night, Gorilla by Peggy Rathmann
Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed
Emberley
 Willy the Dreamer by Anthony Browne
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More and more stories…
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David Goes to School by David
Shannon
The True Story of the Three Little
Pigs
 The Frog Prince Continued by Jon
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Scieszka
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
 Willy’s Pictures by Anthony Browne
 Yo! Yes? By Chris Raschka
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Mommy Laid an Egg by Barbette Cole
 Drop Dead by Barbette Cole
 Tell me Again about the Night I was
Born by Jamie Lee Curtis
 Eat your Peas by Kes Gray & Nick
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Sharratt
Story Telling
&
Props Making
Book Making
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What are props?
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Why do we use props?
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When do we use props?
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How do we make props?
I don’t have artistic talents!!
I hate cutting
and pasting!
I have no
imagination for
props!!!
I am not good
at drawing!
I can’t work with a
ruler and a pencil!!
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Use the computer (searching for pictures or
search for story telling sites)
http://www.preschoolprintables.com/
e.g. 3 little pigs
printables
Use the projector to copy pictures.
Use printed materials ( flyers, postcards…)
Use templates
Ask people around you for help…family,
friends, students, colleagues…
Puppets of all kinds
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Conventional puppets
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Paper bag puppets
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Brush puppets
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Stick puppets
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Sock puppets
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Glove puppets
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Slipper puppets
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Box puppets
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All-that-you-can-imagine-puppets
Masks of all kinds
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Conventional masks
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Just-color-it masks
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Paper plate masks
Why making books?
Creating their own reading materials
 Interactive, personalized reading
experiences
 Encourage reading, writing and creativity
 It’s a process of learning
 It’s an alternative way to learn a language
 As an extra reading material in the
content areas.
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When do we make books?
After reading a book
 After a certain topic
 Beginning or end of a semester
 As an overall wrap-up activity
 Time to know each other
 Holiday specials
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Basic Concepts about book
making
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Parts of a book
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Individual book or class book
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Book pages and shape
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Book binding
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Book content
Different kinds of big books
Story based books ( based on popular stories)
 Pattern / vocabulary based books
 Textbook based books
 Big books for holidays
 Students’ creation
 Teachers’ creation
 All-that-you-can-imagine books
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How to make conventional books
The zigzag book
 The folded sheet book
 The center-stapled book
 The side-stapled book
 The tied book
 Or simply use a binder
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How to make unconventional books
Flaps ( can open sideways, upwards, or downwards)
 Windows (not easy for children to cut, but children
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love them and their imaginations are stimulated by them)
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Pockets
(can be stuck onto a page with a letter or
object or person placed inside. E.g. The Jolly Postman)
Pop-ups (beak books, boxes, and jump-up figures)
 Shape books
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The sky is the limit,
so is my imagination…