Speaking Lesson Plan

Storytellers

Instructor: Annie	Level: Advanced	Students: 8	Length: 30 minutes

Materials:

- 2 pictures of 'storyteller'

- Fairy tale story worksheets

- Wallchart of making story

- Pictures for 'making story' activity.

- White board and board markers

Aims:

Main aim : To enable students to improve their speaking skills by having                       students talk about storytellers.

Secondary aim : Students will talk about storytellers by having students do ‘The                   Boy Who Cried Wolf' worksheets, story making activity, and                      one  word story game.

Personal aim : I want to improve my teaching pace and time management skill.

Language Skills:

Reading : Students will read 'fairy tale story' worksheets.

Listening : Students will listen to stories and words from other students.

Speaking : Students will speak invented stories and some words during activities.

Writing : Students will write and fill the blanks with worksheets.

Language systems:

- Lexis: words used in describing various situations in stories.

- Function: making sentences and words to create new stories.

- Phonology: stress and pronunciation of word 'storyteller'

- Discourse: understand some pronouns and conjunctions which are related to

previous sentence.

- Grammar: past tense verbs

Assumptions:

Students already know:

how the class is set  up and run (there will be 4 students group at each table)

all students have heard about any kind of story before.

most students have told stories to other people.

most students had read fairy tale stories when they were young.

Anticipated errors and solutions

Problems	Solutions
1)Students may not understand the meaning of storyteller. 2)students may not able to follow the instructions. 3)If time is short	1)Show a picture of storyteller and give some explanations. 2) Speak slowly and do some demonstrations. 3)cut post-activity game short and make only 1~2 sentences with students.

References:

http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk

http://kin.naver.com

LEAD-IN
Time 2 min	Set up Whole class	Procedure Hi everyone, how are you today? (ask 2 guiding questions) 1)What is your favorite movie and why? 2)What is your favorite book? Can you tell me little bit about your book?
Pre-activity Material: 'The boy who cried wolf' worksheets, 2 pictures, board and marker Time 3 min 4 min 2 min	Set up Whole class Individually	Procedure Now, I will show you some pictures. (Eliciting) What is she doing in this picture? Yes, she is telling a story to the children. And what is he doing in this picture? Yes, he is also telling some stories. So, can you tell me what is the word we can call him or her? Yes, a storyteller. Storyteller means a person who tells a story to other people. Or sometimes, write a story. Ok, so if you understand what storyteller means, I have some questions. (CCQS) 1)(show a picture of chef) Is this guy a storyteller? 2)(show a picture of storyteller) Is this woman a storyteller? Fill in the blanks with fairy tale worksheet instructions I will give you this paper. And after I say go, you will read this fairy tale and fill the blanks with the words in here. I will give you 4 minutes to read and fill the blanks. (ICQS) 1)What are you going to do? 2)Are you working individually? 3)How many minutes do you have? (Explicit ICQ) Are you going to start when say g (Give time warning) 2minutes left! 1minute left! 30 seconds... 10seconds... Ok, times up! Check answers 1)____, can you read the first paragraph? 2)____, can you read the second paragraph? 3)____, can you read rest of the story? Ok, great job!
Main activity Material: 8 pictures, wall chart Time 3min 5min 2min	Set up Whole class Groups Groups	Procedure Making a story instructions (Pick one student) Can you say story? (ask to next student) Can you say teller? (Make 2 groups) People who said story, go this side, and people who said teller, go the other side. I will give four pictures to each group. And after I say go, look at those pictures and make your own story. But you might don't know how to make a story with pictures, so I will show you one example. (Show the wallchart and read the story) Now you understand how to make a story, just using these pictures. And I will give you 5 minutes. (ICQS) 1)What are you going to do? 2)How many minutes do you have? 3) Are you working individually? (Explicit ICQ) Are you going to start when say go? 3 minutes left! 2 minutes left! 1 minute left! 30 seconds...10seconds... Times up! Check answers Ok, ____ group, can you tell us your story? ____ group, can you tell us tell your story? Excellent job!
Post-activity Material : Paper with words Time 9 min	Set up Whole class	Procedure One word story game instructions Now, we will play one word story game. I will start with showing you a word, and after see that, each of you will add one word and make a full sentence. For example, if I show you a word 'Yesterday', ____ will add one word, like 'I', then the next person ____ can add another word, like 'was', and next person will put another word and make a full sentence. And after making 2 sentences, I will show another word, and we will make a new story. (ICQS) 1)What are you going to do? 2) Are you working individually? (Explicit ICQ) Are you going to change your subject after making 2 sentences? Ok, let's begin! (Help the students if they have questions with game, monitor the students.) Check answers I will show you new word,(show new word), _____, can you add new word? Great! you done excellent job! error correction : If there is any kind of mistake, I will fix that. unscramble question: Can you unscramble this word? (tslerlrortey) Yes, storyteller! Thank you, and see you next time!

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