Storytelling: Carnival crime

by Fiona Lawtie

Level - Younger learners at elementary level or higher

Stories are a highly adaptable teaching tool and can be used in a variety of ways to teach a variety of skills. This particular lesson focuses on extended listening skills and getting students to actively participate in the storytelling process, allowing them to use their prediction skills in a creative and fun way. It draws on materials from the British Council LearnEnglish site.

It isn't always necessary or desirable to do a more formal learning activity after telling a story in class, as storytelling activities are a good way of letting students simply enjoy listening and learning English. However, there are also some follow-up activities that concentrate on different aspects of language in the story. An interactive online exercise is also available on the LearnEnglish site.


Plan components

Lesson Plan: - guide for teacher on procedure including story text and answers to tasks.

Download lesson plan 81k pdf

Worksheets: - exercises which can be printed out for use in class. The worksheet contains:

  • Storytelling script and pictures
  • Story card ordering activity
  • Costume-drawing worksheet
  • Complete story text

Download worksheets 230k pdf

For more information about this topic you can visit these BBC and British Council sites:-


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