Resource 2: Why people tell stories

Teacher resource for planning or adapting to use with pupils

Mrs Rashe’s chalkboard

Plan for research report

  1. Research question
  2. What we did
  3. How we analysed data
  4. 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

Resource 3: Questions about stories