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.

Resource 1: Traditional fables

Resource 3: Questions about stories