Story Chain Lesson Plans & Activities A Story Chain is a simple method of passing a story around the class, giving each student plenty of practice in storytelling.

In this speaking activity the students tell personal stories which are prompted by pictures. The activity is performed as a mingle. Cut up cards of different objects, activities, animals, etc. selected randomly. Place the cards scattered on the floor in the middle of the classroom.

Story chains are simple ways to keep students telling a story. Start a story and then students keep adding lines to continue. They can even be done with only words, students relating words to other words through association.

The Story Chain ESL activity can be a fun warmer or time-filler for any level. As long as students add full sentences, it’s great for practising either the past simple, or a wider range of narrative tenses – i.e. the past continuous, past perfect simple and/or past perfect continuous.

Nov 11, 2023 · Collaborative writing can be a very useful tool for teachers to use with English as a second language (ESL) students. This lesson outlines chain story activities intended for use in an ESL...

The students need to tell a story by adding their sentence with the help of the conjunction written on the card. In this activity they are allowed to change the grammar structure of the previous sentence.

Students use question prompts to write one sentence each of a story. Good writing practice without being dull.

Learn about story chain activities, a great way to improve cooperative learning and vocabulary skills in students. Discover different types of story chains, how to prepare for them, and how they can brighten children's spirits.

Sep 14, 2014 · The solution is one of the oldest mnemonic devices: create image-based story chains. The idea is to imagine an image for each item to be memorized and then link them in a story sequence.

Apr 23, 2020 · Enter the creative writing story enrichment paper chain. The basic idea is to make creative writing easier by creating a paper chain from different colored construction paper strips like you'd use to decorate your Christmas tree.