Storytelling

Storytelling is something your students could do verbally or create physically by making their own books or creating a skit that describes a story that they would want to share. Children always want to share what they have done over summer break or during the weekend and there sometimes isn't enough time in the day to let everyone tell a story. To make it possible, turn the stories into education lessons plans. This allows the ELL students to become creative and learn new vocabulary.


 * 1. " All about ME!"**

This first activity is something I thought would be fun for the students to tell their story in a creative fun way and then be able to share their stories with the rest of the class. To begin, have a theme for the books that your students will be creating. For example, the students could create a short story book about their morning routines or after school activities that they take part in (cheerleading, basketball, etc,.). This book does not need to contain any words but if they wish to have their illustrations or pictures described to the reader, this certainty would not be counted against the student. After the students have created a book they have the option to stand in front of their classmates and re-tell their stories.


 * 2. "Story Circle" ( PBS Kids)**

This second activity gets the entire class together to create a story that will be unique every time. The children will sit together in a circle and in the middle will be a pile of words beginning in the letters of the alphabet. The first student picks a word and begins to create a story using that word and then next person has to continue on with the same story using the word that they chose, and so on...

[|Watson's Word Wall]