Year 3 - English
Retelling a story with charisma
Oral storytelling
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Unit Summary
In this unit, pupils retell the fairy tale 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears', learning to sequence events and use precise, descriptive vocabulary to enhance their storytelling. They practise techniques to tell the story with charisma, culminating in an expressive retelling to an audience.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to retell a version of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears' with charisma.
Key Notes
- Doing rehearsals will help you to reflect on your performance and improve before delivering it to an audience.
- Changes in voice, facial expressions and body language are used to tell a story with charisma.
- There are general techniques used for any oral presentation to ensure the audience can hear you and is engaged.
- How you orally tell a story changes throughout the different sections of a story to meet the purpose.
Vocabulary To Learn
- charisma: a natural ability to attract, engage or influence people
- rehearsal: practising a work for later performance
- audience: a group of people listening to or watching a performance or speaker
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may find it difficult to combine all elements of oral presentation successfully. E.g. When focusing on projection, they may lose some of their expression.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Doing rehearsals will help you to reflect on your performance and improve before delivering it to an audience. Changes in voice, facial expressions and body language are used to tell a story with charisma.
2. Define this language term and use it in a sentence. 'charisma'
a natural ability to attract, engage or influence people.
3. Correct this common English misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may find it difficult to combine all elements of oral presentation successfully. E.g. When focusing on projection, they may lose some of their expression. Correction: Ensure children practise the difference between projection and shouting. As they become more comfortable with projection, they should be able to juggle and maintain more elements of oral presentation successfully.
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