Storytelling Lesson Plan

Introduction:

• Storytelling

• Length of lesson: 20 minutes, plus time for students to record their parts of the story

using Garage Band

• Standards of Learning

○ 2.1 The student will demonstrate an understanding of oral language structure.

a) Create oral stories to share with others.

b) Create and participate in oral dramatic activities.

○ 2.3 The student will use oral communication skills.

a) Use oral language for different purposes: to inform, to persuade, and to

entertain.

b) Share stories or information orally with an audience.

c) Participate as a contributor and leader in a group.

Learning Objectives:

Students will:

• Create a story by collaborating with classmates.

• Record their story ideas using Garage Band.

Teaching and Learning Sequence:

Introduction

• Gather students on the rug.

• Tell students that we will be learning about storytelling today.

• Ask students where they think stories come from.

• Tell students that we will be reading The Storytelling Princess.

 • Read book.

• Ask students what made the princess’ story so good.

• Ask students what some of their favorite stories are and what makes them good.

• Tell students that we will be making our own story as a class using the computer.

• Tell students that in order to make our class story, we will take turns recording small

parts of the story.

• Remind students that a good story is descriptive, uses interesting vocabulary, and can be

humorous.

• Tell students to go back to their desks.

Lesson Development

• Tell students that when it is their turn to record their portion of the class story they will:

○ Sit down at the computer.

○ Put the headphones on.

○ Press ‘play’ to listen to what their classmates have recorded thus far.

○ Think of two to three sentences worth of the story that they would like to add.

○ Press the red ‘record’ button to record themselves telling their portion of the story.

○ Press the spacebar to stop recording when they have finished.

• The teacher will go to the compute after each child records to set the story back to the

beginning for the next child to listen to.

• Tell students that they may choose a sentence strip to finish if they are having a difficult

time thinking of something to add to the story.

• During center time, call students individually to the computer to record their portion of

the class story.

• Each student will have a chance to record a part of the story.

Lesson Closure

• Once each student has recorded a part of the story, we will listen to the whole story and

discuss it.

• Play the recorded story.

○ Ask students if it was difficult to think of something to add to the story.

○ Ask students if the story turned out the way they thought it would.

○ Ask students if they would have liked the story more if it had ended differently.

○ Ask students if they think the class story was good.

○ Ask students if they think it would be easier to tell a story alone or with the help

of their classmates.

• Tell students that they will be given a CD copy of the class story to keep.

Homework:

• None

Assessment

Formative: Observe each child as they record their portion of the class story. Look for each

child to be:

• Listening to the previous students’ portions of the story in order to logically continue the

story.

• Utilizing sentence strips to aid creativity if needed.

Summative: Review each child’s portion of the class story. Listen for each child to have:

• Continued the story in a logical manner, according to what previous classmates recorded.

References:

Commonwealth of Virginia. English Standards of Learning Curriculum Framework: Grade 2.

Board of Education 2003. Pages 2 and 4.

 Content Organizer
Curriculum Framework Essential Understandings
• All students should participate in group activities by creating oral stories using complex
sentences and appropriate verb tenses.
• All students should understand that oral communication can be used for a variety of
purposes.
• All students should participate in group activities by sharing stories and information.
Materials and Lesson Preparation
Materials:
• Computer
• Headphones
• Sentence strips
• The Storytelling Princess by Rafe Martin
Lesson Preparation:
• Pull up garage band on computer so it is ready for students to begin recording.
• Create sentence strips.
Content Information and Vocabulary
• Stories have a beginning, middle, and end.
• It is important to speak clearly when telling a story.
• Ideas should be organized and clear.
Vocabulary:
• Storyteller: one who tells or writes stories.
• Record: to copy (sounds or images) for mechanical or electronic reproduction.
Connections – Cross-Curricular and Real-World
Cross Curricular Connections:
• Sequencing
• Working with others
• Technology integration
• Following directions
Real World Connections:
• It is important for us to know how to relay information to others in our everyday lives.
Being able to tell a good story is helpful when describing events to other people.
Storytelling is also a great form of entertainment.

Differentiated Instruction Organizer

Alternate Method(s) Alternate Method(s)

Lesson Instructional Method
to to
Components Originally Planned
Assist Students Challenge Students
Major Concepts Storytelling

Vocabulary Terms Presented in the

introduction of
lesson.

Activities Record a class story Provide sentence Provide additional

using garage band. strips to help opportunities for
students create students to record
their portion of the their own stories.
story.

Assessments Observe students

as they listen and
record.

Listen to students’
recordings.

Sentence Strips

They were very scared and started running to…

After that, he/she decided to…

It was really fun when…

Thankfully, we escaped just before…

The ___________ was delicious! We were hungry because…

When they left, they went…

Suddenly, ___________ jumped out…

It was really funny when…

There was just enough money to buy…

They were so happy they started singing…

We found…