Fiona Lawtie, Teacher, Freelance materials writer

Level - Younger learners at elementary level or higher

Stories are a highly adaptable teaching tool and can be used in a variety of ways to teach a variety of skills. This particular lesson focuses on extended listening skills and getting students to actively participate in the story telling process, allowing them to use their prediction skills in a creative and fun way. It draws on materials from the British Council LearnEnglish site.

It isn't always necessary or desirable to do a more formal learning activity after telling a story in class, as story telling activities are a good way of letting students simply enjoy listening and learning English. However, there are also some follow up activities that concentrate on different aspects of language in the story. An interactive online exercises is also available on the LearnEnglish site.

Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure including story text and answers to tasks.

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Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contain:

• Story telling script and pictures
• Story card ordering activity
• Costume drawing worksheet
• Complete story text

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The plans and worksheets are downloadable and in pdf format. Where indicated, there is also audio available to be downloaded. Audio is supplied in mp3 format. If you have difficulty downloading the materials see the download section of the About page.

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