Story+telling


 * **Title**:** Story telling

Language: ** //Novice Spanish//

We usually begin telling a story from some drawings (usually animals) that students make on the board.We look at the drawings on the board and make each of them a character in our story. 1. As a class we describe the characters. Orally students contribute with different sentences to describe the characters and sometimes they name them. Usually someone writes on the board, but everyone else focuses on speaking. 2. Once we have described our characters (name, appearance, personality, age, where they live, colors, etc) we begin the story. All students are encouraged to produce sentences describing what happens in the story. If we start with just one character, sometimes we add another one or two while telling the story. The story is developed entirely by the students. I let the students come up with the first few sentences. They all focus on speaking and listening but one person writes it on the board. 3. After a few sentences I stop the story. As a class we act it out. We use TPR to tell and act out the story that we have developed to that point. One student say the first sentence and decide to associateit to a gesture. Everyone repeats and then another student continues. The second student has to start again the story. He/she says the first sentence associated to the first gesture, and then continues with the second sentence and a second gesture of his/her choice. Everyone repeats again from the beginning. Then it is the turn of a third student and so on until the last sentence. By then, students can retell the story pretty well. 4. At this point I ask them to form group of 3 people and each group continues the story and gives it a different ending. 5. Then I give them paper and colored pencils so that they can write it out and illustrate it. 6. Then, each group acts it out for the class. By then I am also able to have their story and drawings scanned so student can project it on the class screen while they present it to the class and act it out for the class. 7. The last activity is to give them a paper with all the different versions of the story, but I erase some words and create gaps that they need to fill in. The stories need to be short but they can be fun! I posted one example of the same story that was ended in two different ways. || media type="custom" key="5818815" media type="custom" key="5818897" ||
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