#95, Tip of the week: Teaching students the shortest tale

ELTWeekly Newsletter Vol. 3 Issue#95 | August 15, 2011 | ISSN 0975-3036

“This is one of the quickest ways I know of teaching a tale and boosting students’ confidence in themselves as storytellers.

Preparation

Practise telling this short and simple rhythmical action tale until you know it confidently without looking at the text:

Once a poor man dug the ground
And what he found was nothing
Again the poor man dug the ground
And what he found was a box
Again the poor man dug the ground
And what he found was a key
With the key he opened the box
And what he found was a mouse’s tail
And if that tail was longer, this tale would be longer”.

Read the full tip on TeachingEnglish website at http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/try/activities/teaching-students-shortest-tale

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