Guessing the order of the story

Using Paper strips each contain one sentence from the story. Students can work with cutout strips to order the sentences to create a workable story. Group answers can be shared(there are a multitude of “correct answers”). Encourage creativity and different interpretations of the story. I purposefully make the sentences somewhat vague so that there is no clear "right" or "wrong" answer. With younger learners, pictures or simple cutouts of nouns could be used to predict the order of the story. Later, learners can listen to see if their predictions were accurate!

Excel Ordering and Matching

If you have computer lab time during language class of if most of your leaners have home computers, you might consider working with an excel matching and ordering template. Learners can manipulate the images to match pictures with initial word sounds or spellings. They can also order pictures rather than sentences to make the story. The cognitive skill of predicting is still activated, and requires less language skills than working with full sentences or a lot of new vocabulary. These exercises do not require an internet connection. Here are the ordreing and matching exercises I prepared for the folktale The Enormous Turnip: Turnip Activities