Resource 2: Why people tell stories
Example of pupils' work
Mrs Rashe’s chalkboard
Plan for research report
Research question
What we did
How we analysed data
What we found out
Report on story research
The Grade 3 pupils asked elders a question: ‘Why do people tell stories?’
35 elders answered the question.
The pupils made a list of all the answers, and counted how many people gave each answer.
Example report
34 people thought that stories are told for the listeners to enjoy them.
32 people thought that stories are told to show correct behaviour.
14 people thought that stories are told to teach wisdom about life.
10 people thought that stories are told to teach people not to do something.
7 people thought that stories are told to make language grow.
7 people thought that stories are told to frighten people.
Resource 1: Traditional fables
