Coming soon . . . Story card magic
10 STORY-COMPLETION TASKS BASED ON EASY, SELF-WORKING CARD TRICKS
A NEW way to collaborate, engage, and facilitate language acquisition in the classroom!!! The card trick provides the vehicle for creating a story. Details of the story are asked such that every class comes up with a different version. You can repeat the card trick as many times as you’d like, every time collaborating with the class and using their input to customize a different story.
These are "self-working" card tricks, i.e. they always work so long as you put the cards in the proper places. The setup is minimal for the few tricks that require it.
These are "self-working" card tricks, i.e. they always work so long as you put the cards in the proper places. The setup is minimal for the few tricks that require it.
3 videos/trick:
- Spanish Acquisition Classroom: The story card tricks performed in Spanish as would be appropriate for a beginner class. These are a simulation of how the story trick would play out in the classroom. Teachers will see the tricks modeled and could even play these videos for their classes.
- Spanish Listening Fluency Practice: The story card tricks performed in Spanish at a natural speed to serve as listening fluency practice.
- Tutorials: The stories told in English and the tricks explained in English. That way, you can learn the mechanics of the tricks and adapt these tricks to the language(s) you teach.
Please try out the sample story card trick.
You have permission to reproduce and share the sample materials.
I ask only that you email me to tell me how it went! :)
You have permission to reproduce and share the sample materials.
I ask only that you email me to tell me how it went! :)
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Sample Story - Teacher's Guide
The Teacher's Guide formats every story card trick with:
1) The card trick procedure (bold print left column)
2) The teacher's questions (italic print middle column)
3) The affirmative plot lines with student details (regular print right column with underlined variables)
1) The card trick procedure (bold print left column)
2) The teacher's questions (italic print middle column)
3) The affirmative plot lines with student details (regular print right column with underlined variables)
Sample story - Student Workbook (Spanish)
3 activities for every story card trick:
1) Past tense reading with 5 True/False statements
2) Present tense mad-lib
3) Personal questions and present tense first person story creation
* Plus explanation of additional communicative and fluency activities
1) Past tense reading with 5 True/False statements
2) Present tense mad-lib
3) Personal questions and present tense first person story creation
* Plus explanation of additional communicative and fluency activities
