STORY JUMPER in Primary Education!

 Hello everyone!

In this post I’m going to describe a final task using the online resource Story Jumper. It is inspired in the activity proposed by Valle. If you want to see it, click here.

The final task consist of the creation of an online book in which students have to talk about their free-time activities along the week. It is designed for a group in the 6^th grade of Primary Education. They have learned the vocabulary related to free-time activities, the Present Simple and the adverbs of frequency.

Now, it is necessary to explain the learning objectives; the stages planned for this task including groupings and timing; an example of one book in Story Jumper; and a reflection about using this tool in Primary Education.

First, the learning objectives are:

-      -   To promote pupils’ linguistic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing).

-      -  To develop the digital competence.

-      -    To improve pupils’ oral presentations.

-      -    To reinforce vocabulary related to free-time activities.

-      -    To practise Present Simple structure and adverbs of frequency.

Second, as for the stages for this task, these are as follows:

Stage 1. Pre-task. In this first stage, I choose the topic for the Story Jumper book. I have selected the free-time activities because they have worked it in the last unit.

Stage 2. Pre-task. After that, I organise the students in groups of three. In order to create heterogeneous groups, I consider pupils’ needs, linguistic level, capacities and social abilities to create them.

Stage 3- Session 1 (1h). In this first session, I explain students the final task they are going to do using Story Jumper. Then, students get into the groups and discuss about the free-time activities they are going to present in the book.

Stage 4- Session 2 (1h). I give to each group a chart in which they have to do a first draft of the online book. In that way, they have to write the sentences and the drawings in the chart.

Stage 5- Session 3 (1h). I go through the groups and we correct the mistakes together.

Stage 6- Session 4 and 5 (2h). Firstly, the whole class watches a tutorial about using Story Jumper. Then, I provide each group with a tablet or laptop. They have to create the online book including the sentences written in the chart and look for online pictures.

Stage 7- Session 6 (1h). Once they have finished the online books, they have to prepare their speech. To do this, I guide this stage providing them with strategies such as body language or pronunciation.

Stage 8- Session 7 and 8 (2h). Each group presents their online book in an oral way using Story Jumper. While the oral presentation is going on, the rest of the class have to complete an evaluation sheet I have designed.

Stage 9- Session 9 (1h). In this final stage, the class group discuss about the development of this final task and tell me suggestions for next time.

 

Now, you can see here an example of one of the possible books using Story Jumper:

Read this book made on StoryJumper

Ending with the use of Story Jumper in Primary Education, I think that it is an interesting and motivating online resource for students. Also, they can practise all the skills by using it, including the digital and social ones. Moreover, it is an opportunity to develop reading habits in children. For these reasons, I recommend you to use Story Jumper along your classes since pupils will get engaged in their English learning process.