Yaşar ÖZEREN
09131057, 3-B
09131057, 3-B
TEACHING STORYTELLING
Lesson: English
Grade: 4th
Unit: 5 – Body Parts
The Story: Little Red Riding Hood
Aims:
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To
help students learn basic words related to body parts such as eye, ear, hand,
hair, big, mouth.
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To
practice their learning ability by using the story in an enjoyable way
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To
make students aware of some collocations, chunks and formulaic expressions. (“What
big ears you have!”, “The better to hear with, my child.”)
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To
help them get used to the usage of Present Simple Tense
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To
make the classroom environment stress-free as much as possible
Materials: Computer, Loudspeaker, Projection Machine, Videos, The pictures of the Story
Stage 1: Pre-storytelling Activities:
Teacher tries to
encourage students to listen to the story. S/he asks them if they love stories or
not, which story they like to listen and if they would like to listen to a
story. Then, s/he says that s/he is going to tell the story “Little Red Riding
Hood”.
Stage 2: While-storytelling Activities:
Teacher starts
telling the story by heart. S/he also shows the pictures in order. S/he can also
use this video or this one in silent mode to create a picture in students’ minds. S/he tries
to use words with correct pronunciation, stress, rhythm and intonation. Beside,
s/he uses his/her mimics, gestures while telling it:
Once upon a time, there is a little girl who lives in a village near the
forest. Whenever she goes out, the little girl wears a red riding cloak,
so everyone in the village calls her Little Red Riding Hood. One morning,
Little Red Riding Hood asks her mother if she can go to visit her grandmother because
it has been a while since they saw each other. "That's a good idea,"
her mother says. So they pack a nice basket for Little Red Riding Hood to
take to her grandmother.
When the basket is ready, the little girl puts on her red cloak and kisses
her mother goodbye. "Remember, go straight to Grandma's house," her
mother cautions. "Don't dawdle along the way and please don't talk
to strangers! The woods are dangerous." "Don't worry,
mommy," say Little Red Riding Hood, "I'll be careful."
But when Little Red Riding Hood notices some lovely flowers in the
woods, she forgets her promise to her mother. She picks a few, watches the
butterflies flit about for a while, listens to the frogs croaking and then
picks a few more. Little Red Riding Hood enjoys the warm summer day so
much that she doesn’t notice a dark shadow approaching out of the forest behind
her...
Suddenly, the wolf appears beside her."What are you doing out here,
little girl?" the wolf asks in a voice as friendly as he can muster. "I'm
on my way to see my Grandma who lives through the forest, near the brook,"
Little Red Riding Hood replies. Then she realizes how late she is and quickly excuses
herself, rushing down the path to her Grandma's house. The wolf, in the
meantime, takes a shortcut...
The wolf, a little out of breath from running, arrives at Grandma's and
knocks lightly at the door. "Oh thank goodness dear! Come in, come
in! I am worried sick that something happens to you in the forest,"
said Grandma thinking that the knock is her granddaughter. The wolf lets
himself in. Poor Granny doesn’t have time to say another word, before the
wolf gobbles her up!
The wolf lets out a satisfied burp, and then pokes through Granny's
wardrobe to find a nightgown that he likes. He adds a frilly sleeping cap,
and for good measure, dabs some of Granny's perfume behind his pointy ears. A
few minutes later, Red Riding Hood knocks on the door. The wolf jumps
into bed and pulls the covers over his nose. "Who is it?" he
calls in a cackly voice."It's me, Little Red Riding Hood.""Oh
how lovely! Do come in, my dear," croaks the wolf.
When Little Red Riding Hood enters the little cottage, she can scarcely
recognize her Grandmother. "Grandmother! Your voice sounds so
odd. Is something the matter?" she asks. "Oh, I just have touch
of a cold," squeaks the wolf adding a cough at the end to prove the point.
"But Grandmother! What big ears you have," says Little Red
Riding Hood as she edges closer to the bed.
"The better to hear you with, my dear," replies the wolf.
"But Grandmother! What big arms you have!" says Little Red Riding Hood.
"The better to hug you with, my dear." replies the wolf.
"The better to hug you with, my dear." replies the wolf.
"But Grandmother! What big legs you have!" says Little Red Riding Hood.
"The better to run with, my child." replies the wolf.
"The better to run with, my child." replies the wolf.
"But Grandmother! What big eyes you have," says Little Red
Riding Hood.
"The better to see you with, my dear," replies the wolf.
"But Grandmother! What big teeth you have," says Little Red
Riding Hood her voice quivering slightly.
"The better to eat you with, my dear," roars the wolf and he leaps
out of the bed and begins to chase the little girl.
Almost too late, Little Red Riding Hood realizes that the person in the bed
is not her Grandmother, but a hungry wolf. She runs across the room and through
the door, shouting, "Help! Wolf!" as loudly as she can. A
woodsman who is chopping logs nearby heard her cry and runs towards the cottage
as fast as he can. He grabs the wolf and makes him spit out the poor
Grandmother who is a bit frazzled by the whole experience, but still in one
piece.
"Oh Grandma, I am so scared!" sobs Little Red Riding Hood,
"I'll never speak to strangers or dawdle in the forest again." "There,
there, child. You've learned an important lesson. Thank goodness you shout loud
enough for this kind woodsman to hear you!" The woodsman knocks out the
wolf and carries him deep into the forest where he won't bother people any
longer. Little Red Riding Hood and her Grandmother have a nice lunch and a long
chat.
Stage 3: Post-storytelling Activities
Activity 1: Dramatization
Teacher divides
students into groups and asks them to act the story in class. They can change
some parts of the story if they want.
Activity 2: Listening to the Song of the Story
Teacher opens
the song and tries to say it together with the class to relax the students.
Activity 3: Discuss
Teacher asks
students whether they like it or not, which parts they like or not, how they
would end the story, whether they would change some parts of the story or not.
Activity 4: Telling the Story
At the end of
the lesson, teacher gives students the simple story and asks them to tell it to
their family members.
References:
Brewster, J
& Ellis, G.(2002). The Primary
English Teacher’s Guide, England: Penguin English
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