Online workshop links – LMU 06.05.2021

Although an in-person workshop (as pictured here in Chennai) has advantages, this online version will give us many opportunities.

Links to use after the workshop

Skeletons you used:

Videos: (remember, this is NOT the only way to tell the stories – use my way to find YOUR way)

Sync&Share file: paste your ideas of what to do in the classroom

Further resources:

Telling stories in the classroom: basing language teaching on storytelling – article about my methodology
Activity Teaching Packs – Frightened Mouse (beginners), Tortoise Wins the Spicy Food Competition (intermediates), Mr Fox (advanced)
Frightened Mouse – an article on telling the tale in the classroom
The Magic Mitten – an article on telling the tale in the classroom
More lesson plans based on storytelling
60 seconds non-stop talking – we didn’t have time to do this activity but it is typical of my wider storytelling methodology (in school this often developed into a full and very productive lesson)
Fairytales for teenagers – a collection of powerful tales which appeal strongly to this age group
Tad-tales for teenagers – a collection of tales usually considered for young children, but which are often very successful with teenagers (including Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle)
Storyflix – a multi-lingual collection of folk tales
Teaching STEM via storytelling – Fran Stallings’ use of storytelling to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths in a US primary school
We Share the Same Moon – Cassandra Wye’s excellent science-teaching resource
Story cards – a great asset in any teacher’s schoolbag
Storytell – an international online storytelling community
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Rabbit and the Moon – I may have told this as a farewell tale