STORYTELLING IN ELT – 2012-2013

I have selected this

storybook to work

with 4 years old

children because

as is a picture

book with limited

text is likely to

appeal to children

of this age.

The white little rabbit

ACTIVITY TYPE Before the story 1ACTIVITY TYPE During the story 2ACTIVITY TYPE After the story 3THE STORYBOOK The white little rabbit 4

ACTIVITY TYPE

Before the story

DESCRIPTION First of all the teacher will bring to the class Rabbit the puppet, then the teacher will introduce it to the children as a new friend that would like to show them some colours and how they can create them. The teacher will use the puppet to direct the class.

The puppet will bring to the children its own book called “The white little rabbit” where the rabbit puppet is the main character of the story. Then the puppet will show flash cards related to the vocabulary of the story (rabbit/bunny, paint, bowl, splash into, jump into, to have a shower, grass). While explaining the vocabulary of the story the puppet will ask the children to mime some verb actions like jump into, have a shower or splash into.The puppet will stick the flashcards on the blackboard so that all children can see them.Finally, before beginning the explanation of the story, the puppet will ask the children what colours they already know and which ones are their favourites so they will be practicing the structure: My favourite colour is (the colour).

TOPIC - Introduction of the story with the help of a puppet- The colours

STORYTELLER Teacher AUDIENCE P4 children

MEANS/CHANNEL

Oral explanation

MATERIAL - The book- The rabbit puppet - Flashcards with the following vocabulary

Rabbit/Bunny Splash into

Paint Jump into

Bowl To have a shower

Grass

SKILLS ORAL WRITTEN

RECEPTIVE Listening x Reading

PRODUCTIVE Speaking x Writing

INTERACTIVE Conversation x Chatting

INTERMEDIARY Interpretating x Translating

Positive aspects Negative aspects

•The use of a puppet is a really useful tool to foster children listening and attention, to introduce a new storybook and captivate the audience.•The use of the puppets at class helps children to improve their communication skills and literacy answering questions or following a conversation.•The dialogue is useful to introduce the title of the story, the main character and the vocabulary of the story. Also the teacher can know the previous knowledge of the children about the topic that they are going to work with. •Enhance listening skills

•Is a story that doesn’t allow children to make sounds effects.

ACTIVITY TYPE During the story

TOPIC - The storybook of The white little rabbit- Colour mixing activity that focus on the three basic colours

STORYTELLER Teacher AUDIENCE P4 children

MEANS/CHANNEL

Oral, storytelling

MATERIAL - The book - The puppet- The flashcards- Yellow, red and blue paint- Bowls - Wipes to clean hands- Din4 paper for each child

DESCRIPTION The puppet and the teacher will explain the story for the first time with the help of the book and the flashcards. The children and the teacher will be on the carpet of the library corner of the class.Tips that the teacher will have into account:Speak at normal speed varying the volume, pitch and tempo of the voiceThe teacher will use images as support, mime and action whenever possibleJust in case students don’t understand something, teacher can help them to understand the puppet doing movements with his/her body or even translating something into Catalan.After reading the story the puppet will ask the children if they have liked it and if they want to hear it again but that time using their hands and some paint to follow the colour mixtures that the white rabbit does in the story.At this time we will need the children to be grouped by tables. The teacher will distribute three bowls for each table, the three bowls will contain yellow, red and blue paint. The tables will have also wipes to clean hands and a sheet of paper for each child.During the second explanation of the story the teacher will stop each time that the rabbit makes a new colour so that the teacher will give enough time to the children to make their own handprint colour mixture.

DESCRIPTION The activity will goes like that:The teacher will explain:-The rabbit liked the yellow paint and decided to paint himself yellow. Maybe he will look nice! He splashed into the yellow bowl. And the little white rabbit now was a little yellow rabbit. The teacher will stop and let time to the children to paint one hand (immersing their hands into the bowl of paint) and make a handprint to the sheet paper.The teacher will continue with the story-The rabbit had a great time playing games with the paint so he decided to jump into the red paint bowl. What would it happen? The children will paint the other hand and make a red handprint next to the yellow one.The teacher will continue with the story-Now the rabbit was orange because yellow and red make orange. The children will start to rub their two hands and see that the yellow from one hand and the red from the other will get mixed and make one colour: brown. They will make another handprint above the other two.The teacher will continue with the story-But the rabbit did not like the colour very much. He decided to start again. Now the rabbit had a shower to be white again.The children will clean their hands with the wipes They pupils will repeat the same action to make purple, green and brown.After making one colour they will have to say:-Yellow and red make orange -Red and blue make purple-Blue and yellow make green-Green and red make brown While cleaning hands, the pupils will have to say all together: -I’m having a shower to be white againAfter cleaning hands they will write the name of each colour above all the handprints. At the end of the story the children will have 4 sheets of papers with their handprints and the result of mixing colours.

Positive aspects Negative aspects- Encourage use of imagination and creativity - The vocabulary of the story don’t have to be

simplified because is simply enough to be understood.

- The activity allows the children active participation.- Children can experiment on their own what the

rabbit is doing with the colours.- Is a really hands on activity to experiment the

process of mixing colours

- The children can’t do their own guesses while doing the activity because they already know the final of mixing two colours

SKILLS ORAL WRITTEN

RECEPTIVE Listening x Reading

PRODUCTIVE Speaking x Writing x

INTERACTIVE Conversation Chatting

INTERMEDIARY Interpretating x Translating

ACTIVITY TYPE After the story

MEANS/CHANNEL

writing

STORYTELLER Teacher AUDIENCE P4 children

TOPIC Children writing a home letter

MATERIAL - Pencil- Paper- Black marking pen- Colours- Scissors

DESCRIPTION After explaining twice the book and experiencing the colour mixing, the children will write a letter to their parents explaining what they have done and learned at class.The teacher will give to each student a sheet of paper with the little white rabbit sketch on it. The children will have to paint one side of rabbit with one colour from the story and at the other side they will write:

WE HAVE READ THE WHITE LITTLE RABBITWE HAVE MIXED COLOURS:YELLOW + RED = ORANGE

RED + BLUE = PURPLEBLUE + YELLOW = GREENGREEN + RED = BROWN

After all the hard work of writing the children will cut out the shape of the rabbit and then they will keep the letter to their school bag.Note that the teacher will ask the students what they want to explain to their parents so the example above is not something closed, it will depend on the children.

Positive aspects Negative aspects

- The letter is a bridge between the school and home.- Children share the experience with the families. - The teacher can give the necessary support and

guide to each child.

- Depending on the English level of the group and their literacy, the letter can be longer or shorter. Is not a negative aspect is just something that the teacher will have into account.

SKILLS ORAL WRITTEN

RECEPTIVE Listening Reading

PRODUCTIVE Speaking x Writing x

INTERACTIVE Conversation x Chatting

INTERMEDIARY Interpretating Translating

The white little rabbit

Once upon a time there was a little white rabbit that was tired of being white. One day he started to make experiments white some paint.

First of all he put two bowls, a yellow one and a blue one and filled them with yellow paint and blue paint.

Then he put a

red

bowl with red

paint.

The rabbit

liked the

yellow paint

and decided to

paint himself

yellow. Maybe

he will look

nice!

He splashed

into

the yellow

bowl.

And the

little

white

rabbit

now

was a

little

yellow

rabbit.

The rabbit had

a great time

playing games

with the paint

so he decided

to jump into

the red paint

bowl. What

would it

happen?

Now the

rabbit was

orange

because

yellow and red

make orange.

But the rabbit

did not like

the colour

very much.

He decided to

start again.

Now the rabbit had

a shower to be

white again.

What would it happen if he jumped into the red paint bowl now that he was white again?

Uups, now it was red.

But he wanted to play more, so he jumped into the

blue bowl.

It was so funny!

And if I try the red bowl? Thought the little white rabbit.

Great! Now he was

purple. How funny!

This was a very funny

colour for a rabbit so

the rabbit had

another shower. What

would mum say if she

saw him purple?

When he was clean and white again he tried the blue. What will happen?

And now the yellow again, what colour will I be now?

Now the rabbit is green because blue and yellow make green. It is not a good colour for a bunny. He looks grass.

He is going to have a shower again.

But, what happens? Oh dear! There is not water.

Now, what am I going to do.

He does not want to be a green bunny.

There are not green rabbits.

There is

not

water

but

there is

red

paint. I

will try

What will happen now?

Well, now he is not white, he is brown. It is such a beautiful colour!

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