Story Box. 1. Who? 2. Where? 3. Where Next? 4. What Goes Wrong! 5. Who Helps? 6. Where Last? 7. Feelings

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1 Story Box Story Box is initially an oral language activity that can, if desired, also be used as a written activity. The resource is divided up into seven sections, colour-coded for ease of use: 1. Who? 2. Where? 3. Where Next? 4. What Goes Wrong! 5. Who Helps? 6. Where Last? 7. Feelings Cards for each pack should be printed, cut out and laminated. Keep each bundle of cards separate. This exercise could be done as a class oral activity, a group activity or as an individual activity. It could also be helpful for the teacher to do a demonstration of how the story works. Two cards should be selected from the first group of cards (Who?), and one card from each of the other groups. The cards can be placed on the floor/table in order. This is the order that the story should be told. By following this order, you are giving pupils a story structure that they can also follow when they proceed to write a story on their own.

2 The class/pupil tries to link the elements of the story to put together an oral narrative. If an individual pupil is doing this exercise, it may be helpful initially to allow him/her to prepare the oral story overnight. As pupils become more proficient, they can make up the story on the spot.

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5 WHO? boy girl cyclist

6 escaped prisoner old man orphan pilot

7 taxi driver shopkeeper priest nun

8 fox lion stray dog stray cat

9 farmer scientist clown budgie

10 parrot teacher dolphin banker

11 pensioner eagle robin Garda

12 accountant butcher fire fighter hairdresser

13 dancer gardener singer jogger

14 plumber painter builder judge

15 WHERE? cinema beach hotel

16 school shopping centre on holiday church

17 pub park airport secluded house

18 caravan park swimming pool theatre TV studio

19 hairdressers bank office car park

20 ship shipyard harbour kitchen

21 treehouse skating rink cafe restaurant

22 Paris Dublin Seomra Ranga New York Washington

23 back garden London Africa river bank

24 WHERE NEXT? boat club Scout hall garden centre

25 bank college Post Office hospital

26 Cork Shannon Airport Dublin Zoo photographer s studio

27 street corner under a bridge bicycle shop sweet shop

28 clothes shop home bungalow circus

29 bowling alley tennis club GAA pitch gym

30 palace tent castle Dublin s Spire

31 mansion seaside caravan pet shop

32 beach florist bedroom surf club

33 WHAT GOES WRONG! wall collapses broken leg thunder storm

34 fire lightning storm flood

35 bully appears ghost appears broken car arm accident

36 keys are lost laptop breaks roof blows away pet dies

37 mother becomes ill father becomes ill friend tells a secret loses lottery ticket

38 electricity cut off water cut off blizzard car crash

39 loses their way trips and falls can t swim can t find way out

40 loses purse/wallet gets on wrong train gets on wrong bus gets on wrong plane

41 trips over dog spaceship lands tornado tsunami

42 trousers fall down loses their memory falls down a well is kidnapped

43 WHO HELPS? doctor nurse caretaker

44 fire service dentist physiotherapist Garda

45 teacher farmer army sergeant football coach

46 St. Bernard dog plumber beautician electrician

47 carpenter locksmith artist robin

48 dietician cleaner priest nun

49 mountain rescue ambulance garage repair service chiropodist

50 pilot manager park ranger principal

51 WHERE LAST? cottage coal mine sand dunes

52 Disneyland hospital riding centre garage

53 Belfast Liverpool Florida airport

54 hairdressing salon bed hotel swimming pool

55 fire lightning go-cart centre chocolate factory

56 All-Ireland final library cave attic

57 FEELINGS comfort joy relaxation

58 fire lightning frustration sadness

59 sympathy fury fatigue rage

60 exhaustion upset hurt tearful

61 relief excitement loneliness confusion

62 contentment rejection elation despair

63 anger sorrow happiness anxiety

64 puzzled fear exhilaration panic

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