1. 張齡心 Isabel Chang 台北市仁愛國小 台北市國小英語輔導團
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

2. 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?

3. What is storytelling?
Reading a story vs. telling a story

4. 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

5. Be prepared!! 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.

6. What to consider when telling a story?
Students’ sitting arrangement
Voice
Pause
Body language, gestures, facial expressions
Props , illustrations
Sound effects
Interactions
Creativity …
Voice: exaggerated, intonation, vary volume, voice, characterization, emphasize important words. Use sound effects.
Ex. Rosita’s night to remember.
Body Language: facial expressions, act out verbs, hand gestures. Ex. Froggy gets dressed.
Props: pictures from coloring books, puppets, hand-made puppets. Ex. Goldilocks
Interaction: fill in the blank stories, Q&A, what happens next? Tell me what you see. Let the students finish the sentence. Ex. Brown Bear
Creativity: adapting stories  to fit the lg level and preference of sts. Creating your own stories, rhymes, personalizing story.

7. Selecting stories… Students’ age Students’ language level
Types of stories:
rhyming stories
repetitive stories
fairy tales
theme related
pattern based …
Students’ age: story characters, story plots and its predictability and surprising ending.
Students’ language level: story length, illustration, easy to read, story diversity, exploring problems.

8. Activities related to story telling
Before
During
After
低年級：Teacher tells the story, using visual support, interaction is important.
中年級：Teacher tells or reads a story, interaction is important.
高年級：T. reads the story, give chances for prediction. Group reading followed by discussion.

9. How do you tell stories? Using story books Using big books
Using a projector
Using the computer
Using audio cds
Using props

10. 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

11. Holiday related books:
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 Numeroff
Harvey Slumfenburger’s Christmas Present by John Burningham
The Jolly Christmas Postman by Janet & Allan Ahlberg

12. 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 Ruth Heller
Papa, Please Get the Moon For me by Eric Carle

13. 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

14. Stories for teaching vocabulary
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

15. More and more stories… David Goes to School by David Shannon
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
The Frog Prince Continued by Jon Scieszka
Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Willy’s Pictures by Anthony Browne
Yo! Yes? By Chris Raschka

16. 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 Sharratt

17. Story Telling & Props Making Book Making

18. What are props? Why do we use props? When do we use props?
How do we make props?
Props can be manipulative, help understanding (visual input), attention getter, manipulative parts to create interaction

19. I am not good at drawing! I have no imagination for props!!!
I don’t have artistic talents!!
I am not good at drawing!
I hate cutting and pasting!
I can’t work with a ruler and a pencil!!

20. Use the computer (searching for pictures or search for story telling sites)
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…

21. Puppets of all kinds Conventional puppets Paper bag puppets
Brush puppets
Stick puppets
Transparency puppets
Toilet roll puppets
Box puppets

22. Sock puppets
Glove puppets
Slipper puppets
Box puppets
All-that-you-can-imagine-puppets

23. Masks of all kinds Conventional masks Just-color-it masks
Paper plate masks
Nature’s gifts: hand drawn to make puppets, potato to make mouse

24. 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. …

25. 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 …

26. Basic Concepts about book making
Parts of a book
Individual book or class book
Book pages and shape
Book binding
Book content

27. 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

28. 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
The zigzag book: is one of the most useful types of book, it is easy and fast to make, it can be long or short, can be read like a normal book or displayed on a table or wall.
The folded sheet book: easy to do, but is of a fixed length.
The center-stapled book: used by most publishers. Easy and fast to do if you have a long arm stapler.
The side-stapled book: does not open flat, but it allows a lot of separate pages to be put together.
The tied book: can be opened flat if the thread is loose enough, but then the book has a floppy feel about it.

29. How to make unconventional books
Flaps ( can open sideways, upwards, or downwards)
Windows (not easy for children to cut, but children love them and their imaginations are stimulated by them)
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

30. The sky is the limit, so is my imagination…