The use of stories in the YLs class

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• The use of stories in the YLs class

Liruso, Susana M. Boglione, M. Angélica Requena,
Pablo E.
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What is a story?

• Narration that builds up a tension only
  released at the end.
• Affective bond.
• Events
• Characters
• Ideas

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Why should we use stories with kids?

• To foster listening comprehension.
• To improve concentration.
• To develop imagination.
• To acquire vocabulary.
• ..

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Mood Pace Character Voice
EMOTIONAL IMPACT
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In a dark, dark house, there was a dark, dark
stair. Up the dark, dark stair, there was a
dark, dark hall. Down the dark, dark hall, there
was a dark, dark room. Behind the dark, dark
room, there was a dark, dark closet.
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In the dark, dark closet, there was a dark, dark
box, In the dark, dark box, there was a dark,
dark hand, And the dark, dark hand, said
GOTCHA!! Traditional American Story
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Kinds of Understanding (K. Egan, 2001)
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• Somatic
• Mythic
• Romantic
• Philosophic
• Ironic

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• Somatic Understanding
• Physical, bodily understanding

• Mythic Understanding
• Making sense of the world through language

COGNITIVE TOOLS
Fantasy Metaphor Rhyme and Rhythm Binary
Oppositions
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Everybody depends on the mouth
From Eu conto, tu contas, ele conta Estórias
Africanas Compilador Aldónio Gomes (1999)
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What does the mouth say?
king I mouth my hear the are
weak one food arrogant can tired hungry
friends the eyes body am stomach is
very hands is see the are important
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What does the mouth say?
king I mouth my hear the are
weak one food arrogant can tired hungry
friends the eyes body am stomach is
very hands is see the are important
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What does the mouth say?
king I mouth my hear the are
weak one food arrogant can tired hungry
friends the eyes body am stomach is
very hands is see the are important
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What does the mouth say?
king I mouth my hear the are
weak one food arrogant can tired hungry
friends the eyes body am stomach is
very hands is see the are important
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What does the mouth say?
king I mouth my hear the are
weak one food arrogant can tired hungry
friends the eyes body am stomach is
very hands is see the are important
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What does the mouth say?
king I mouth my hear the are
weak one food arrogant can tired hungry
friends the eyes body am stomach is
very hands is see the are important
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Choose a word and connect it with two more
body eyes arrogant hear tired stomach
heart hands listen cake eat arrogant
dinner legs mouth important body king
refuse ears walk weak see food
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ELEMENTS OF APPEAL

• Atemporality
• Spatial Indetermination
• Linear and triple action
• Archetypical characters
• Personification
• Magic

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What is imaginative education?

• http//www.ierg.net/about/whatis.html

Susana Liruso smliruso_at_fl.unc.edu.ar