Selection of stories foryoung learners Prepared by:Jeremy HonChristopher LauDoreen Ting Jia ChzinQuestion :Choose a storyte!tThe story that we had chosen : Jac" and the #eanstal"Question$%ns&ering Session'hat do you li"e about the story()f you are a teacher* you found this story* &ill you choose this story( 'hy('hich group of pupils do you thin" this story is suitable for(Criteria to select short storiesCriteria to select short stories+, %ppropriate Language Le-el+, %ppropriate Language Le-el., Content., Content/, 0isual/, 0isual1, Language Learning Potential1, Language Learning Potential Criteria + : %ppropriate Language Le-elThin"2'hy do you thin" &e need to choose appropriate language le-el &hen selecting stories for young learners(3!planation+, The language in the story needs to be mostly known or understood by the children, ., )t4s 5uite alright for there to be some new words 6 these can be introduced during the pre$reading or pre$telling part of the lesson, /, Some 7educational8 story boo"s or readers come &ith information about the -ocabulary count and the ability le-el the story &as &ritten for,Let4s presume that you are loo"ing at a story boo" &ith a -ie& to reading it aloud* or maybe retelling the story, 'hat &ill you do(9irstly:9lip through the boo" and notice the commas and full stops 6 pay attention to the types of sentences, %re the sentences mostly simple and/or compound* or are there a lot of complex sentences &hich can be di;cult to follo& 7and e-en hard to read aloud8, Secondly,,Loo" for the verbs 6 &hat tense are they(7Present or past tense8 9or e!ample : $ Present Tense : &al"* run$Past Tense : thre&* climbed* "noc"ed*-isited9inallyLoo" at the nouns 6 %re there di