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TEACHING STORYTELLING
Textbook: Primary English Student’s Book
Grade: 4th grade
Unit 14: Physical Appearance
Language Point:
Descriptive adjectives: little, big, pretty, young, old, bad
Little Red Riding Hood is a pretty young girl.
Aims: With this activity, teacher aims to present the adjectives (little,
big, pretty, young, old, bad) by using pictures or flashcards. After this
activity, students will be able to describe physical appearance by using the
adjectives (little, big, pretty, young, old, bad). Stories have an amazing
power that enables children to participate in the same fantasy world. It helps child’s
imagination and cognitive development. This development is essential in
preparing your child to learn something in school.
Materials:
Pictures:
In the wood, Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf. The bad wolf stops her and asks her where she’s going. She tells the wolf she’s going to Grandma’s. Little Red Riding Hood wanders off the path to pick some flowers for Grandma and she sees a lot of animals. The wolf runs straight to Grandma’s cottage.
When the wolf arrives at the cottage he pretends she’s Little Red Riding Hood and swallows old Grandma.
He quickly puts on her nightdress and nightcap and jumps into bed to wait for Little Red Riding Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood arrives at Grandma’s cottage. Little Red Riding Hood comes into the room and is surprised to see her “Grandma” in bed.
“Oh, Grandma, what big ears you have!” she says.
“All the better to hear you with, my dear” says the wolf.
“Oh, Grandma, what big eyes you have!” she says.
“All the better to see you with, my dear” says the wolf.
“Oh, Grandma, what big teeth you have!” she says.
“All the better to eat you with, my dear” says the wolf and pounces on her in a flash!
She shouts for help and a woodcutter saves her from the wolf.
Grandma jumps out of the wolf’s stomach.
The big bad wolf can never hurt anyone anymore.
PRESENTATION
PRACTICE
Teacher divides class into groups which includes 5 people. This characters are Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, The Big Bad Wolf, Mum and The Woodcutter. The teacher asks the groups to choose one character from the story for each student in the group. Then ask them to act their roles in front of the class. Also, ask them to mime actions and noises in their characters, for example, Little Red Riding Hood can skip, the Big Bad Wolf can growl, Mum can make a cake, Grandma can walk with a stick, the woodcutter can cut wood. However, before they start to dramatize and mime their roles, you give time prepare for their roles. When they are ready, they can start to mime in front of the class. After they finish the miming, you can ask them to tell about which character you like or arouse your interest most. Finally, ask them to listen to a song which is about Little Red Riding Hood story. After the miming, they can enjoy this. Moreover, you can ask them to sing the song aloud all together in the class.
REFERENCES:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzMC6qAzVU&list=PL17E353040E588A05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7dfBMmMeak
PowerPoint Presentation of flashcards: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0Bx1NiqdtYPWecFJuaVRiYlZnenM/edit?usp=sharing
Song:
Video:
Story:
Little Red Riding
Hood
Once upon a time, Little Red Riding Hood lives at the
edge of a wood. She is a pretty young girl.
One day, Little Red Riding Hood’s mother sends her to
Grandma’s with fresh food, because Grandma is ill. Her mother warns her “Do not
talk to strangers on the way.” In the wood, Little Red Riding Hood meets a wolf. The bad wolf stops her and asks her where she’s going. She tells the wolf she’s going to Grandma’s. Little Red Riding Hood wanders off the path to pick some flowers for Grandma and she sees a lot of animals. The wolf runs straight to Grandma’s cottage.
When the wolf arrives at the cottage he pretends she’s Little Red Riding Hood and swallows old Grandma.
He quickly puts on her nightdress and nightcap and jumps into bed to wait for Little Red Riding Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood arrives at Grandma’s cottage. Little Red Riding Hood comes into the room and is surprised to see her “Grandma” in bed.
“Oh, Grandma, what big ears you have!” she says.
“All the better to hear you with, my dear” says the wolf.
“Oh, Grandma, what big eyes you have!” she says.
“All the better to see you with, my dear” says the wolf.
“Oh, Grandma, what big teeth you have!” she says.
“All the better to eat you with, my dear” says the wolf and pounces on her in a flash!
She shouts for help and a woodcutter saves her from the wolf.
Grandma jumps out of the wolf’s stomach.
The big bad wolf can never hurt anyone anymore.
Activity Name: Using
Flashcards and Pictures
Aim of the Activity: This activity can motivate students more easily.
Also, this activity identifies target words by making visual connections
between the visual representations of them and it arouses interest in the story
via using pictures. Students can predict the whole story via composing of separate
pictures from the story. They can learn how the target language is pronounced. We
can summarize the whole story by using the pictures with this activity.
Produce (How to do it):
Firstly, the students can listen to the story via video which includes
correct sequence of pictures and story and then reorder the pictures on the
board in the correct sequence. Secondly, teacher can speak about the events in
the story slowly and clearly. The teacher shows pictures about Little Red
Riding Hood story and then the teacher starts to tell about the story in
correct order at the same time he/she sticks each picture on the board. This
can help to engage their interest and to confirm they are following the gist of
the story. The teacher must give them time to relate what they hear to what
they see in the pictures and to think. Also, the teacher can support his/her
storytelling with actions using gestures and mime. Finally, before the teacher
finishes the story, he /she can also ask the students to stick the pictures on
the board by guiding them at the same time he/she tells the story. On the other
hand, the teacher can use PPT presentation that includes the pictures from the
story. This can pay attention to the story more easily and they can participate
the storytelling eagerly.PRACTICE
Activity Name: Guess
Who? and Color the Characters
Aim of the Activity: This activity can activate the students’
background knowledge. It can encourage the students to participate in the
storytelling and also this can enhance their imagination. The students can
involve in a story as they can identify with the characters. This helps develop
their creativity. Pictures in the story help the students’ understanding.
Produce (How to do it):
Firstly, the teacher divides the class into pairs. The teacher shows the
pictures and read the descriptions aloud to the class. Then the teacher can mix
the pictures and characters’ descriptions. Teacher can ask the students to
guess who are in the pictures and to match the pictures with characters’ descriptions. When they
find the correct one, you can ask them to read aloud to the class. And then the
teacher gives them uncolourful pictures of story characters. The teacher asks
them to color the pictures of the story characters as they are the same in the
story. You ask them to remember the colors of them and to make correct
descriptions by using the adjectives such as little, big, pretty, young, old,
bad. 
Aim of the Activity: This activity helps the students become more active in a text. It can motivate
the students more easily and it can be fun for them. It encourages the students
to speak or gives them the chance to communicate, even with body movements and
facial expressions. This can also help create their performance and their own
different roles.
Produce (How to do it): Teacher divides class into groups which includes 5 people. This characters are Little Red Riding Hood, Grandma, The Big Bad Wolf, Mum and The Woodcutter. The teacher asks the groups to choose one character from the story for each student in the group. Then ask them to act their roles in front of the class. Also, ask them to mime actions and noises in their characters, for example, Little Red Riding Hood can skip, the Big Bad Wolf can growl, Mum can make a cake, Grandma can walk with a stick, the woodcutter can cut wood. However, before they start to dramatize and mime their roles, you give time prepare for their roles. When they are ready, they can start to mime in front of the class. After they finish the miming, you can ask them to tell about which character you like or arouse your interest most. Finally, ask them to listen to a song which is about Little Red Riding Hood story. After the miming, they can enjoy this. Moreover, you can ask them to sing the song aloud all together in the class.
Kahraman, A.G, and Kahraman, B İlköğretim
English Student’s Book, Semih Eğitim ve Kültür Yayınları
Cameron, Lynne (2001) Teaching Languages to Young
Learners/ Learning Grammar. Cambridge University Press.
Jean Brewster and Gail Ellis with Denis Girard, The
Primary English Teacher’s Guide, PENGUIN ENGLISH
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GbzMC6qAzVU&list=PL17E353040E588A05
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7dfBMmMeak
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