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Fun Fluency

Session 2

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Silly Mistakes
Storytelling and story-asking
Continued preparation for your next Live Session

Training Outline

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Silly Mistakes and Humor

Silly mistakes - Make students laugh while suing the target language by purposely making a “silly” mistake
Put a book on your head as hat
Pretend to fall asleep while saying good morning
Ask a student if her name is a “Elasta-girl”
Make a turtle into a guitar

2. Reinforce with Repetition

When presenting new vocabulary to students it is very important students know the meaning of the word you are teaching

Show the word- Teachers will write the target word or structure on the board or small white board and include English word below it in a different color. So you’ll need two dry erase markers
Bring to life - Teacher will show a prop, such as a stuffed animal, or a picture card of the new word. Teacher will teach and action and sound if possible that goes with the word or structure. Teacher will use Fun Fluency Target Vocabulary and will keep the lesson comprehensible, by not adding too many confusing extra words
Reinforce with Repetition - Teacher will ask personalized questions to reinforce, “Do you have a cat at home?” “Ohh, Jackson has one cat at home” Teacher will ask simple either/or questions such as “Jackson has a cat or Anna has a cat?” Teacher will continue to ask many simple questions in order to repeat over and over

How would you teach : el gato, el perro, la nina, el lboo, agarra

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STORYTELLING

Storytelling (TPRS) is a method to train teachers how to do repetitive, interesting, comprehensible input by asking stories. If teachers make their lessons repetitive, interesting and comprehensible they are definitely doing the basics of TPRS.

—Blaine Ray, the creator of TPRS

REPETITIVE
INTERESTING
COMPRHENSIBLE

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Before you story-tell

Explain Rules: (explain in English)

Show me that what I say is interesting with an “Uhhh, ahh”, “Wow”
Show me when you hear a problem and respond with “Oh no, Oh no”
Show me if you don’t understand with : time out hands, zoom hands over your head
Answer all my questions as I ask them
Only actors on stage, actors must act

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STORYTELLING Step 1

Step 1: Establish meaning

Identify target words and structures you will teaching and repeating
Write those target words on the board in black and then English in red under it
Pre-teach target words and structures

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STORYTELLING Step 2

Step 2: Set it up

Post - Post signs for locations in story (such as Parque, Six Flags Disneylandia)
Choose actors – dress them to establish their character (hats, wraps, glasses, or let them hold the animal prop they are acting out)
Set Stage - Line audience up in chairs (not desks) in a semicircle around the established “stage”

Post signs for LOCATIONS in the room such as: el parque, Six Flags

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STORYTELLING Step 3

Step 3: Tell/ask the story

Tell/Ask: Say a sentence, ask a question! Repeat and repeat
Move: Use the whole “stage” as the characters go from one place to the next
Point: Point to new words and structures on your white board as you ask and tell the story
Simple Spanish: only use words the kids know!
Speak, ask, repeat

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STORY-Asking

ALL CLASSES: BASIC AND ADVANCED

ADVANCED STUDENTS ONLY

LINE FROM STORY

#1 YES QUESTION

#5 WHY QUESTION

#4 WHO/WHAT WHERE QUESTION

#3 NO QUESTION

#2 EITHER/OR QUESTION

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Lesson Plan Steps and Expectations�Story-asking Practice

Statement	Yes questions	No Question	Either/or
There is a wolf (Hay un lobo)	Is there a wolf?	Is there a cat? Is there a turtle?	Is there a a wolf or a cat?
The wolf is called “Bob” (El lobo se llama)	Is the wolf named bob?	Is the wolf called John? Is the wolf called Ana?	Is the wolf called John or Bob?
The wolf has chocolate (El lobo tiene chocolate)	The wolf has chocolate?	Does the wolf have chocolate? Does the wolf have fruit?	Does the wolf have chocolate or fruit?
The wolf goes to Six Flags. El lobo va a Six Flags.	The wolf goes to Six flags?	Does the wolf go to Dunkin Donuts?	Does the wolf go to Six Flags or to Mc Donalds?

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Lesson Plan Steps and �Expectations�

Stories are not read, but they are told with excitement, props and emotion as kids act out the storyline

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Next Steps

Watch demo videos over and over to learn the art of storytelling
Take Session 2 quiz and submit
Prepare your Assignment for Live session 2 – you will prepare a “mini-class” with songs, teaching vocab, using props and teaching a story
You are expected to come to the Live Session prepared with props needed to tell the story and also the questions prepared that you will ask