stories in the esl classroom

Your Brain - Use It or Your Brain - Use It or Lose ItLose It

Stories RevisitedStories Revisited

Marcela GalveMarcela Galve

• Motivate students• Create the magic children enjoy• Teach culture and values• Present language holistically• Allow for first hand learning experience• Increase active participation and verbal proficiency• ’ Help develop children s brains

?Why stories in the ESL Lesson:Stories

Logical Order

Known Info

Schemas

New Info

Meaning

Mental Framework

INTELLECTUAL JOURNEY

IMAGINATIVEJOURNEY

EXPOSURE TO LOGICAL ORDER

OF EVENTS

GREEN HAT CREATIVE EXERCISE

GREEN HAT IDEAS

Creating your own stories is a challenge for the teacherYou can prove you know your group wellYou do not need to depend so much on ready-made resourcesYou can use your imaginationYou become more creative

Imaginative Journey

nCards thematically linkedl First ideasl Logical development of ideaseEditingeIllustrations

“Learning is not so much an additive process, with new learning piling up on top of existing nowledge, as it is an active, dynamic process in which the connections are constantly changing and the structure reformatted”

K. Patricia Cross

“THE LITTLE WITCH AND THE MACIG CARPET RIDE”

Once upon a time, there was a little witch who lived with her three fairy sisters in a tree house in the middle of the enchanted forest. Her name was Amy and she was a very curious girl. She liked playing in the forest with the animals, but most of all, she loved spying on her sisters’ magic books because she wanted to learn more about the secrets of the enchanted forest and the story of the Princess of the Mountain.

Prepare for the new,

do not discard what you already possess

Thank you

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