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Engaging Students with Folktales: Exploring "Las Islas Encantadas" in the Classroom

Enhance classroom learning by integrating the folktale "Las Islas Encantadas." Begin by accurately understanding the story, then create a focused and immersive environment. Use visuals and props to enrich the storytelling experience, actively involving students in the narrative. Set the tone with engaging questions and varied storytelling methods. After the story, reinforce understanding through creative pre- and post-activities, like sequencing or role-playing key scenes. Discover the rich cultural insights and language functions embedded in folktales to foster a deeper connection among students.

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Engaging Students with Folktales: Exploring "Las Islas Encantadas" in the Classroom

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  1. Using folktales in the classroom

  2. Las Islas Encantadas

  3. Steps • Know the folktale before telling it. • Set the ambience (desks cleared, low lights, students totally focused). • Use props, realia. • Tell the story involving students. • Set the tone (ask an introductory question, speak slowly, modify intonation). • Read the story several times each time with a different purpose. • Do pre /post activities.

  4. Sequencing galapagos story • Hacemuchosaños no había nada en el mar. • La sirenitallegó y queríavermuchavida. • La sirenitahabló con el dios del mar y éldecidióhaceralgo. • Primeroemergierongrandesvolcanes. • Luegograndescactosempezaron a crecer. • El diosformó dos corrientes de agua. • Llegaronmuchosanimales, pájaros y peces • Los animalesestabanmuyalegres y ruidosos. • Algunosincasvisitaronlasislas y hablaron con el dios. • El diosformó un manto de neblinaparaprotegerlasislasencantadas.

  5. OTHER POST ACTIVITIES • True/False. • Sequence pictures to tell the story. • Jeopardy • Act out a scene involving conversation with a partner. • Create a poster in which you draw a scene from your favorite part of the story and write a summary sentence about it. • Draw your favorite part of the folktale and state why is your favorite.

  6. How to choose the right folktale If you check14 of the following, the story is appropriate: The story has: Rhyme Repetition Beginning, middle, end Intrinsic drama Richness of the target culture Targeted language functions Connections to other disciplines

  7. The story leads to: Visuals Props Acting it out Signaling TPR

  8. The story is: Interesting Meaningful to students Relevant to curriculum objectives Age- appropriate Linguistically appropriate

  9. Resources • Discover the Power of Folktales: A rich context for communication by Priscilla Russel. • www.languageshaping.com

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