Year 3 - English
Telling 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 understand and practise techniques for telling a story with charisma.
Key Notes
- Telling a story in a charismatic way helps to engage the audience and hold their interest in a narrative throughout.
- Using expression will help make your story interesting to listen to.
- Facial expressions can convey a character's feelings in response to events in the story.
- Using body language and gestures to engage an audience will help to keep their attention.
- Using a varied tone and different voices for characters will engage the audience and make the story easier to follow.
Vocabulary To Learn
- charisma: a natural ability to attract, engage or influence people
- tone: the pitch of our voice and how this is used to convey a message appropriately
- facial expression: a form of non-verbal communication shown on the face to convey a range of emotions
- body language: how we use movements and gestures to communicate meaning and feelings
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may find it difficult or forget to switch from a character voice to a narrator voice when they have finished saying the speech and they are saying the reporting clause.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this English learning goal in two key points.
Telling a story in a charismatic way helps to engage the audience and hold their interest in a narrative throughout. Using expression will help make your story interesting to listen to.
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 or forget to switch from a character voice to a narrator voice when they have finished saying the speech and they are saying the reporting clause. Correction: Print a copy of the speech section of the story that shows the speech and reporting clause in different colours to support children in their oral rehearsal for different character's voices.
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