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Teacher Resources: Web Guide

Storytelling

Articles

ESL with Children's Literature
A Forum Magazine article by Irma K. Ghosn.

Storytelling and the Art of Teaching
A Forum Magazine article by E. Martin Pedersen.

Storytelling in Early Language Teaching
A Forum Magazine article by Natasha Malkina.

Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites

By Word of Mouth: A Storytelling Guide for the Classroom
http://www.prel.org/products/pr_/storytelling.htm By Jeff Gere, Beth-Ann Kozlovich, and Daniel A. Kelin II.

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://iteslj.org/questions/ Lots of ideas to get conversations going in class.

Games and Activities for the English as a Second Language Classroom
http://iteslj.org/c/games.html Classroom activities that involve storytelling and many other interactive ideas.

Introduction to ESL Storytelling
http://www.cathyspagnoli.com/English/ Teacher resources on warm ups, finding stories, and tales to try in class.

Magical Myths from Mexico, Curriculum Ideas
http://www.columbia.edu/%7Eljl17/myths.html The stories in this unit are tales of fantasy and magic from different regions of Mexico.

Quandary Action Mazes, from Martin Holmes
http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary_tutorials_examples.php Interactive stories. Choose from the example mazes (e.g. The Evil Landlady, Castaway, First Aid for an Accident).

Readers Theater for Bilingual/ESL Students
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/readtheater.html%20 This web site offers excellent teaching ideas for drama and storytelling and poetry in the classroom. Don't miss the "Workbook" section at the bottom of the page.

RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/ Creates evaluation rubrics (guides) for project-based learning activities, including rubrics for storytelling (see: Oral projects > Storytelling).

Story Arts Online
http://www.storyarts.org/%20 Heather Forest's site for teachers, librarians, and students explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

TPRS, A Communicative Approach to Language Learning, Valerie Marsh
http://www.tprstorytelling.com/story.htm An outline of Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS) along with some sample classroom lessons.

TPRS Lessons and Rubrics, Susan Gross
http://www.susangrosstprs.com/lessons.htm Scroll down to the section “The 3 Steps of TPR Storytelling.”

TPRS Materials and Method, Blaine Ray
http://www.blaineraytprs.com/ Total Physical Response Storytelling (TPRS) information. With TPRS you can use your existing text. There is no need to spend money investing in new materials. You can learn the steps and use TPRS right away.

Theater Words
http://theaterwords.com/ Free one-act plays for ESL conversation and storytelling in large or small groups.

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