Activities based on the selected pASP story

CHAI XIAO LING NG PIN TING S. HEMA AKASHAH OSMAN ONG PEI SHAN

Find Your Story!!

1) 2) 3) 4) 5) Teacher selects a well-known fable or folktale. The plot of the story is simplified into a series of pictures. Teacher hides the pictures throughout the school. Students are divided into groups. Clues showing the exact location where all the cards are hidden, are given to the students. 6) Students must find the cards and assemble them in correct order. The treasure is finding the WHOLE story. 7) The final location of the treasure hunt would be the classroom and students are required to sequence the pictures and tell the story in a complete order.

Puzzle Tale
1. Teacher chooses a folktale from a printed anthology and cut it up into sections or scenes. 2. Teacher paste each section on a separate page. Give out the sheets to students who each prepare to retell their small piece of the whole story. 3. Assemble the story by having each student retell his or her part in the plot's sequence. 4. Have students keep the flow going as the story is told so that the performance moves along as though one person were telling it. 5. Do a second round by giving students different sections to retell.
Notice how differently students retell the same sections!

Circle Story
A very simple technique which focuses on accuracy of language. The class create stories word by word.

This technique can be fun, requires no preparation and focuses on the accurate use of language.

The teacher can choose whether the story is to be told in present tense or used to practice the simple past tense, or with no restrictions on the language used.

How?
The story could begin with a pre-selected title or subject to guide the improvisation.

Teacher may begin by saying: Once upon a time, there was a or whatever beginning you like.

Then go round the class in a circle where each person continue the tale and stops after a sentence. However, the first pupil must repeat "Once upon a time, there was a and then add-in words that makes sense and fits in grammatically.

The second pupil repeats all the first pupil has said, and adding more words, and so on, until a story develops around the class.

Recording the story circle on a tape recorder for listening.

Readers Theater
1.Divide students into small groups. Explain to them that readers theater is a way of dramatizing a story by turning the information of a particular text (novel, short story, poem or newspaper article) into a script. 2.Assign each group to choose a section of text from a piece the class is studying. 3.Allow time for groups to translate their texts into scripts. Encourage students to think about what particular people are saying and doing in the piece theyve chosen. 4.Have each group assign various roles. Besides characters, each group should have a narrator.

5. Have individual students practice reading their scripts silently. If they are unsure of any words, encourage students to use a dictionary and practice enunciating each word until it can be spoken comfortably and clearly. 6. Allow time for individual students to practice reading their scripts out loud. Encourage students to project their with exaggerated facial expressions and hand gestures to make the emotions of each character clear. 7. Have groups perform their selections for the class, in chronological order if they are each doing sections of the same long piece. 8. Encourage the audience to listen carefully and write down any questions they may have about the action or dialogue. 9. Ask students to describe the easiest and hardest aspects of translating a text into a live performance.

Story maps
1. Discuss the main components of a story (e.g., characters, setting, plot and theme OR beginning, middle, end). 2. Provide each student with a blank story map organizer and model how to complete it.
3. As students read, have them complete the story map. After reading, they should fill in any missing parts.