!Telling the Story !

!!Story Order

For your Show-and-Tell speech, you need to be able to tell the story of your item or pet. Most people tell stories about 1) how they got their item/pet or about 2) when or how this item / pet became a favorite thing.!!!!!!!One of the easiest ways to tell this kind of story and make it interesting is simply to tell your story in chronological order (time order). Take your audience along with you through the experience. During your story, asking questions to your audience also helps to keep them interested in your story. !!!!!!

My Teacher’s Answer

My Answer My Partner’s Answer

What are you going to talk about today?

!!!!How long have you had it?

!!!!Did you:make it?buy it? get it from someone?Tell me more! (at least 2 things)

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First Name: ____________ Last Name: ____________ Student #: ____________ Group: _______

Finally, at the end, make sure your audience understands why you told this story. They should walk away knowing why you told it… maybe to make everybody laugh, to give thanks to someone, to introduce a great brand, or just to let us all see something cute. There are many, many possible reasons.! !!!!!

Give it a go! Tell the story of your item. Step 1) Using your ideas that you gathered earlier, just write your story. Step 2) Check your verbs (動詞).

Underline them with your highlighter pen. Ready, set, GO!!