The actions of waking up, running into the garden, building the snowman and the ‘melting' are all easy to mime. A story like ‘The snowman' could be used for this. With very young or active learners the story can be mimed while the teacher reads and the children listen. The teacher could stop at convenient ‘cliff-hanger' points and ask the class ‘what happens next?' This use of prediction skills makes the learners want to read on to the end of the story to find out if their own idea is correct.
If the story is very long then it is important to keep the class motivated to read.
#SHORT TEXTS FOR READING KIDS MOVIE#
Some stories can be read as texts with illustrations and then children can watch the movie version, or this order could be reversed.The learners can read by themselves silently, either on-screen at school or as homework.
The teacher could read the whole or parts of the story to a class with the text. The teacher could use a data projector for a class to listen to/read a story as a whole-class activity. In the classroom it is important to vary the kind of reading. This should not be discouraged as it helps learners to equate oral and written forms which is important for the development of reading skills. It is quite likely that younger learners will want to read, hear, or listen to the story several times, particularly animated ones. There are many different ways to approach a story. If your story mentions typical sights in London you could use a map or guidebook to find out what these are before children read or listen to the story. Some stories have more overt cultural background. Children are usually interested in finding out the differences between their own culture and the lives of children in the UK. Some stories assume a knowledge of cultural norms in the UK, for example, the daily school routine. It can be a good idea to familiarise learners with the topic before reading, by trying activities related to the topic on the site, by setting a task to find out about the topic (this could even be for homework), or by discussion (in your own language with lower level learners if you like). To find related activities browse the A-Z of Topics list on the right of any page, type your topic into the search box at the top of any page or go to the resources page for a more detailed search: For example, you can find related activities to practise the names of farm animals before you read a story about farm animals. You will usually find links to other related exercises on thematic vocabulary which can be taught first. Many of the stories on LearnEnglish Kids are related to a lexical theme. The stories on LearnEnglish Kids have 'preparation' picture and word matching games with some of the key vocabulary from the story. Learners will be introduced to vocabulary, will be better able to understand the text, and will be more engaged in the reading task, because they want to find out if they were right. Ask learners questions such as ‘Who are the people?' ‘What are they doing?' ‘What is this?' ‘What is the story about?’ etc. Illustrations can be used to introduce the story, elicit vocabulary, introduce difficult words, and generally excite the interest of the child for the story. 
It is always a good idea to exploit pictures to help the child understand and visualise the story. Activities to prepare children for reading Here are some tips for using and exploiting the stories in the classroom.Ī.
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