It could be done in fewer days, but it is essential that students retell the story a number of times. They should know the story by heart before attempting to write it. This activity integrates listening, speaking, reading and writing. Over a four-day period, students listen to a story, reconstruct it orally with the help of drawn clues, then write it. When finished, groups will exchange their stories to read.
Students reconstruct the story, as a group, as the teacher redraws the story map.
Individual students are invited to reconstruct the story, drawing and telling one element each. In pairs, students reconstruct the story, drawing and telling alternating sentences. Students record vocabulary into their notebooks. Draw and tell the story all together to review. In small groups, students write the story in its entirety, each student being responsible for three or four sentences.