Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learning
STORYTELLING

Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon
Email: leslieob@uoregon.edu

Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites

Children’s Story Books Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html
Large print readable text for young students.

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://iteslj.org/questions/
Lots of ideas to get conversations going in class.

ESL Classroom Lessons for Newspapers
http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/site2000/ptjl0601.htm
Examples for using stories from newspapers as a basis for creative storytelling.

Games and Activities for the English as a Second Language Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/games.html
Classroom activities that involve storytelling and many other interactive ideas.

Introduction to ESL Storytelling
http://www.cathyspagnoli.com/English/
Teacher resources on warm ups, finding stories, and tales to try in class.

Magical Myths from Mexico, Curriculum Ideas
http://www.columbia.edu/~ljl17/myths.html
The stories in this unit are tales of fantasy and magic from different regions of Mexico.

Quandary Action Mazes, from Martin Holmes
http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/
Interactive stories. Go to "Quandary" and choose from the example mazes (The Evil Landlady, Castaway, First Aid for an Accident).

Readers Theater for Bilingual/ESL Students
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/readtheater.html
This web site offers excellent teaching ideas for drama and storytelling and poetry in the classroom. Don't miss the "Workbook" section at the bottom of the page.

RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Creates evaluation rubrics (guides) for project-based learning activities, including rubrics for storytelling (see: Oral projects > Storytelling).

Story Arts Online
http://www.storyarts.org/
Heather Forest's site for teachers, librarians, and students explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills.

Theater Words
http://theaterwords.com/
Free one-act plays for ESL conversation and storytelling in large or small groups.

Directories

Google Directory: Arts - Performing Arts - Storytelling, Google Directory
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Storytelling/

StoryNet, Links List
http://www.storynet.org/resources/links.htm

Storytelling, from Eduscape
http://www.42explore.com/story.htm

Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers
http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/

Yahooligans Directory: Language Arts > Stories
http://www.yahooligans.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Stories/