Story Telling Checklist

• Did you speak clearly and loudly so that everyone can

hear you?
• Did you look at the audience while you were speaking?
Can the audience see your eyes?
• Did you use expression and gestures to get involved in
the story? Did you change your voice to fit the
characters in the story?
• Did you encourage the children to read aloud with you?
• Did you use your senses to describe the story?
• Did you use visual aids or props to tell the story?
 Literary Integrity and Developmental
Appropriateness
• Choice of Story: Is it from a published source?
• Is it appropriate for story telling? For read
aloud?
• Is it appropriate for the age group?
 Read Aloud Checklist
• Did you pay attention to the title page, author and illustrator? Copyright?
• Did you ask questions before reading the story?
• Did you go through the story and talk about the illustrations page by page?
• Did you point each word as you read each page aloud?
• Did you encourage the children to read aloud with you?
• Did you pause every now and then to allow them to read by themselves if
they can?
• Did you ask questions to check if they are listening and comprehending?
• Did you respond to children’s questions and/or confirmed/affirmed their
comments to the story?
• Did you make certain that the illustrations are visible to all?
• Did you keep the time to not more than 10 minutes?