Resource 2: Why people tell stories
Example of pupils' work
Mrs Rashe’s chalkboard
Why do people tell stories?
- To enjoy ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ 35
- To make people frightened ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔ 7
- To teach me not to do something ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ 10
- To teach wisom about life ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔14
- To show correct behaviour ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔ 32
- The make our language grow ✔✔✔✔✔ ✔✔ 7
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.
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Resource 1: Traditional fables
