Recipes Tagged ‘stories’

Story Dominoes

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25 Nov 2009 Download PDF
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Telling stories is great in the classroom. Add a little "imagination" and chance and you have a great recipe!

Story Dominoes is a great concept. Just get a lot of varying pictures. Cut them up and students in groups of three/four, use them to tell "random" stories.

One student turns over a card to begin. Then the next, turns over a card and continues. Lots…

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Mr. X – Story book writing

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19 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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Writing storybooks is a great way to reinforce grammar and vocabulary. It also gives students confidence and pride in "producing" something visible and tangible to measure their English language learning experience.

There are several steps to making a storybook and I'll use my own Mr. X's incredible Day/Yesterday as an example. Get the ppt/video here for use with students.

1.  Tell the story…

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Writing Tag

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9 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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A piece of paper, a chalkboard and a pair of scissors are a teacher's best friends.  Tr.uly, let me explain with this one activity.

1. Give each student a blank piece of paper.

2. Ask them to fold it "hamburger", once, twice, three times. Unfold!

3. They will see 8 blocks for writing. In the first block ask them to write a sentence prompt... something exciting…

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Rewrite a common story

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4 Aug 2009 Download PDF
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   The True Story of the 3 Pigs is a timeless classic.   Read the story with your students, maybe having a few students act it out as you read.

Then, ask the students to write another well known story from the point of view of another character. Cinderella - Step Sister / Jack and the Beanstalk - the Giant / Little Red Riding Hood…

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Stories – Predicting

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29 Jul 2009 Download PDF
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  Stories are great in the classroom. A good narrative, really provides ideal context to learn language, even better if they have pictures.

The best and easiest way to "teach" a story is to tell it through prediction. Get the students in a comfortable area if possible and read them the book, showing the pictures. You can also use all the great



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Story reTelling

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29 Jul 2009 Download PDF
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Retelling is a powerful way for students to learn language. They retell in their own words and using the context of "the story", acquire language.

1.  Photocopy these stories (I like to use funny stories with a punchline but you could use any stories, folktales work well too) and give one to a student (one of your better students). Ask the student…

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