Happy Halloween!!!

Are You Ready For An Unforgettable Lesson?

Halloween is a perfect day to do something different in the class, but it is not just about decorating the classroom. This party, originally from Ireland, give us the chance to create a funny and full of learning lesson.

There are tons of activities we can prepare for our lesson, but after being talking about storytelling in class, we thought it was just perfect for a day like this.

Telling stories in classroom has many advantages:

•         Generates motivation
•         Promotes learning through meaning and communicative interaction

We think that a suitable story for Halloween could be:

                                                     “ Hansel and Gretel”

Here you have a couple of links where you can find a wide variety of stories to work with.

• http://www.speakaboos.com/story/hansel-and-gretel
• http://storynory.com/2007/10/14/the-witch-who-was-frightened-of-halloween/

But remember that it is not only telling a story but also planning a whole lesson. As we already know there should be:

-        Pre-storytelling. Activities in order to contextualize, motivate,

-     While-storytelling. Keep children attention and make them interact.

-        After-storytelling. Follow up activities.

Here you have an example of a storytelling lesson we designed and recorded last year.

If you really want to laugh, quick click here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFWoN1pA6R0&feature=youtu.be

It is a bit embarrassing, I don’t think this link will last. ha ha ha! XD