2. SUMMARY CONTENTS
1. Things to do after retelling a story
2. Getting children to add to a story
3. Making up a story
4. Using stories for project work
5. Correction and project work
4. 1.THINGSTO DO AFTER
RETELLING A STORY
Once upon a time there was a green Caterpillar. He
was always hungry. One day he met a banana.
“Mmmm, mmmm”, he said, “I´m very hungry”.
So he ate it. But surprise, surprise. His head became
yellow. And he walked and walked…
Continue…
5. 1.1. A “MAKE AND DO” ACTIVITY BASED
ONTHE STORY
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Let the children
colour their own
caterpillars. The
caterpillars have to
be the same color
as the food and
drink.
Ask some
children to
describe their
caterpillars to
the class.
Put all the
Caterpillar
drawings on
the wall as a
display.
Ask children to
write the names
of the things their
Caterpillar ate
and the colours
that he became.
6. 2. GETTING CHILDRENTO ADD
TO A STORY
Ask children
to continue
with the story.
Improve the
children
creativity.
Training
speaking
skill.
You can use
puppets or
material that
children can use
by themself.
7. And he walked and he walked and then he met a ________. “Mmmm,
mmmm”, he said, “I´m very hungry”.
So he ate it. But surprise, surprise. His body became _______.
8. 3. MAKING UP STORY
• You can make up a story of your own for your class. If you make up a story you can:
Make it more personal and local
Include language the children are familiar with
Include topics they are learning about
Use materials you have already used but in a
different way
Prepare it so that the children can do follow-
up activities such as colouring or mime
9. 3.1. Some ideas to make up a
story:
• You can adapt the story by:
Using local birds, insects, or small animals your pupils are
familiar with
Putting in other samples of positions these creatures can found
in, such as under a stone, on a wall, behind a bush, into the
garden, under the leaf, on top of…
13. 4. USING A STORY FOR
PROJECTWORK
Help co-operation between
children
Can be organised so that all
skills are practised
WHY CAN
PROJECTS BE
EFFECTIVE?
14. Why you are doing it
What they want to make or do
How they want to put in it
How they want to do it
Who will come to see it
Where they will perfom it when it is
finished
ASK
CHILDREN…
15. Make a plan together and decide when you
want to finish…
Plan what the groups have to
do each day
Allow starting and finishing time to
take out and put away all the
materials children will use
USETHE ENGLISH ALLTHETIME
WHILEYOU ARE WORKING ONTHE
PROJECT (but explain quickly in the
children´s mother tongue anything that
16. Make sure that everyone
is clear about what they
have to do and whay they
have to achieve.
18. 5. CORRECTION AND PROJECT
WORK
• If children are going to perform in public, or write for an outside audience, it is
important that what they say or write is:
Well-
organised
Tidy
As accurate
as possible
Encourage children
to be creative and to
use their
imagination
Help them improve
and correct their
speaking or writing
19. TO SUM UP…
A PROJECT
SHOULD BE
Encourage co-operation
Give children more confidence
Give you the opportunity to praise children´s efforts
Give children a chance to show what they can do apart
from English
So be
realistic!
