Marlena Kowalczyk, group 2

STORYTELLING FOR YOUNG LEARNERS

MICROTEACHING

STORY

Mr Page's Pet Shop

This is Mr Page's pet shop.

What's in the pet shop?

Oh, there are some cats in the pet shop. Where are the cats?

What does a cat say? It says, `Miaow! Miaow!'

What's in the pet shop?

Oh, there are some frogs in the pet shop. Where are the frogs?

What does a frog say? It says, `Croak! Croak!'

(the same text with different animals -> dogs, `Woof! Woof!'

snakes, `Hiss! Hiss!'

pig, `Grunt! Grunt!')

Now, here's a sausage.

The dogs like it.

They say, `Yum! Yum!'

And Piggy likes it, and he says, `Yum! Yum!'

The snakes don't like it.

They say, `Yuk! Yuk!'

Here's a worm!

The cats and the snakes and Piggy like it.

They say, `Yum! Yum!'

The dogs and the frogs don't like it.

They say, `Yuk! Yuk!'

Here's some chocolate.

Who likes chocolate?

But today is Piggy's birthday.

Piggy, invite the pets to your birthday party!

Now Piggy says, `Help yourselves! There's cheese!'

Here comes Mr Page.

He's walking up the stairs.

One, two, three.

Piggy says, `Quick! Go back to your cages!'

Then Piggy eats up all the food.

Mr Page says, `Good night, animals! Sleep well!'

And all the pets are quiet except for Piggy who says, `Yum! Yum!'

PROCEDURE

This is a storytelling lesson for 8-year-olds. The teacher tells the story. Students repeat some lines. All the pictures shown are put on the blackboard.

• The teacher shows a picture of Mr Page's pet shop and tells students what the story is about.

• Every student gets a picture of an animal that they represent.

• The teacher shows pictures and calls out every animal's name.

• Students answer with their animal's sound.

• The teacher presents pictures of different foods.

• Students respond with `Yum! Yum!' or `Yuk! Yuk!'

• The teacher shows a picture of a birthday cake and asks Piggy to invite the pets to his birthday party.

• Piggy calls out every animal's name and they answer with their sound.

• Piggy repeats his lines after the teacher.

• The teacher shows a picture of Mr Page walking up the stairs and finishes the story.

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