Storytelling week ProjectKinder 4 2015June 29, 30 and July 1st

Project BackgroundThe aim of this Project is to tell stories that will appeal to the learners imagination, increase motivation and create a rich and meaningful context.

Our work will involve: The developing of listening skills The acquisition of new vocabulary The development of the childs literary competence The communicative exchange involved in stories Motivation Stimulation and development of the imagination.

And the list continuesRemember: Children love listening to the same stories over and over again, seize the opportunity and exploit the material!

During the first or second lesson Beln will go to your lessons and lead the Storytelling session. Miss Vane will be working on...THE THREE LITTLE PIGS. Miss Beln will be working on...GOLDILOCKS AND THE THREE BEARS??? Miss Vivi will be working on...

Storytelling/Storyreading techniques:

Before telling the story: AAAActivate/Arouse/Arrange Pre listening activities/Storytelling time Show them pictures of the characters/place where the story takes place. Before reading a story: AAA andPrediction/Covers/Illustrations DURING storytelling itself Show off, use body language. Trigger students imaginationOffer consistent characters, be careful with voices Read their faces and adapt vocabulary You should be involved in it, like it. Trust yourself, do not force reactions Enjoy the story and the audience! Look into their eyes Leave room for their imagination Improvise and dance your story No rush, pace your rhythm Give them time to reflect upon it! Post telling/reading the story: Acting out stories/part of the story Clap if correct/Correct the mistakes Choosing characters/Describe them/Wanted poster/Invent their families, hobbies, personal info Comprehension questions Context setting: Prediction/Description/Change the setting Dividing stories into sections Expanding key words Changing the title Finding differences in two versions of the same story Gap-fill: words Improvising stories Interviewing characters Inventing chain stories (qs, a day in the life of) Inventing half of the story Maps of the story: layout diagram, with key words, Genre transfer/Media transfer: email, sms, poem, rap, song, drawing. make a comic strip, cartoon Reduce the text/Expand the text Project work Finger Puppets Putting sections of the story in order Rhythm and intonation/Feelings Bibliography:

Handbooks for the English Classroom: Storytelling by Juan Jess Zaro and Sagrario Salaberri. (Macmillan, 1995)The impact of stories by Ma. Laura Garca, M. P. Berbain and A. B. de Caillon (2009)