Introduction
Activities
Section A: activities 1-14 Learning about text as narrative genre:1 Sorting and sequencing
2 Musical orientation
3 Complications and resolutions
4 Choose your own adventure narrative
5 Starting at the end
6 Getting the point of a story
7 Point of view
8 Shaping facts to fit purpose
9 Troubles talk
10 Travel tales
11 Tall stories
12 In a nutshell
13 Rumour as narrative
14 Limericks.Section B: activities 15-28 Language learning through narrative lessons: 15 Text repair
16 Read, ask and tell
17 Again and again
18 Recorded anecdotes
19 Arguing a case
20 Describing the circumstances of a past event
21 Complaints in the context of a recount
22 Perfect match
23 Sound contrast
24 Schwa map
25 Milking a mystery
26 Finish my sentences
27 From short story to drama
28 Rewriting song lyrics. Section C: activities 29-42 Building a "storied" class: 29 Story-telling as a social act
30 Every name has a story (1)
31 Every name has a story (2)
32 The landmarks of your life
33 Your language biography
34 Liar, liar, pants on fire
35 That"s incredible!
37 Pet hates
38 Culture bump
39 Write my story
40 Parables
41 Mystery pebbles
42 Here comes the bride. Story bank
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