Storytelling Websites

Web-based Resources for English Language Teaching & Learning
Leslie Opp-Beckman, University of Oregon

Lesson Plans, Teaching Tips and Interactive Web Sites 

Children’s Story Books Online
http://www.magickeys.com/books/index.html

• Large print readable text for young students. 

Conversation Questions for the ESL/EFL Classroom
http://iteslj.org/questions/

• Lots of ideas to get conversations going in class.  

Games and Activities for the English as a Second Language Classroom
http://www.aitech.ac.jp/~iteslj/c/games.html

• Classroom activities that involve storytelling and many other interactive ideas. 

Magical Myths from Mexico, Curriculum Ideas
http://www.columbia.edu/~ljl17/myths.html

• The stories in this unit are tales of fantasy and magic from different regions of Mexico. 

Quandary Action Mazes, from Martin Holmes
http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/

• Interactive stories. Go to “Quandary” and choose one of the example mazes (The Evil Landlady, Castaway, First Aid for an Accident). 

Readers Theater for Bilingual/ESL Students
http://litsite.alaska.edu/uaa/workbooks/readtheater.html

• This web site offers excellent teaching ideas for drama and storytelling and poetry in the classroom. Don't miss the "Workbook" section at the bottom of the page. 

RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

• Creates evaluation rubrics (guides) for project-based learning activities, including rubrics for storytelling. 

Story Arts Online
http://www.storyarts.org/

• Heather Forest's site for teachers, librarians, and students explores the use of storytelling in the classroom to enhance speaking, listening, reading and writing skills. 

Theater Words
http://theaterwords.com/

• Free one-act plays for ESL conversation and storytelling in large or small groups. 

Directories 

Arts - Performing Arts - Storytelling, Google Directory
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Performing_Arts/Storytelling/ 

Online Stories, from Yahooligans
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/School_Bell/Language_Arts/Stories/

• A directory of online stories for young learners. 

StoryNet, Links List
http://www.storynet.org/resources/links.htm 

Storytelling, from Eduscape
http://www.eduscapes.com/42explore/story.htm 

Tim Sheppard's Storytelling Resources for Storytellers
http://www.timsheppard.co.uk/story/