Telling Stories through songs

Galery Teachers, UK

Milica Vukadin B.Ed.

Telling Stories through Songs:

Exploiting Lyrics for Storytelling in the Classroom

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References & materials

Dramatization & songs 101

Activities to engage & recycle

TPR & dramatization

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Oral story

Nursery rhyme books

3 ways: from songs to stories

Song selection checklist

INDEX

engaging and motivating

repetitive in text, rhythm, and melody

easily adaptable to actions and/or dramatization

attractive in melody and rhythm

compatible with learners’ level of language proficiency

Song selection checklist

connected to the language and lesson content

+INFO

TPR and dramatization

Oral story/quest/beinga detective

Nursery rhyme books & problematic situations

3 simple ways to create a story from a song

Activity 1

Nurseryrhyme books & problematic situations

London Bridge is Falling Down

project

+IDEA

storytelling

vocabulary

Activity 2

Oral story/quest/being a detective

Oral story/problematic situation

edibles

+IDEA 2

+IDEA 1

the game

vocabulary& storytelling

Activity 3

TPR and dramatization

TPR and dramatization

orchestra

sing, play +dramatize

vocabulary

Spontaneous expression and hypothesis

Think

Add their names to the song

Personalize

Make a recyclable orchestra

Rhytmic

Use your voice and objects; Read my lips

Volume

Slow down/speed up

Tempo

Listen and...

Activities to engage and recycle

Dramatization:How can we dramatize and have interactive storytelling through songs?

• Point out words that rhyme at the end of each line and repeat them.

• Steps for long songs:

• Teach the song line by line

Teach the refrain line by line. Teach the tune of the verse using “la la la” instead of the lyrics. Teach the verses one by one, always singing the refrain after each one.

• Introduce the song

• Pre-teach new vocabulary

• Review old vocabulary

Steps for teaching songs to YLs (Shin and Crandall 2014)

Three more references

Experiences in movement and music: Birth to age eight

Taking it one step further

TEYL

Get Up and Sing! Get Up and Move!

for further study

References

listening!

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